{"id":3393,"date":"2019-02-27T19:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2019-02-27T19:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T01:56:57","slug":"robert-j-johnson-presents-artwork-at-the-ferguson-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=3393","title":{"rendered":"Robert J. Johnson Presents Artwork at the Ferguson Art Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Karina Kosmala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 20, 2019, Robert J. Johnson gave an \u201cArtist Talk\u201d presenting his paintings in the Ferguson Art Gallery of everyday observations (of people or of nature) that he encountered. These everyday observations were painted using oil and acrylic paints. For one art piece, he used computer images. He said, \u201cSo you can use contemporary tools, don\u2019t always think that I\u2019m so old that you have to use a brush or the airbrush or things that we used to use back in the day.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/RobertJohnson-e1551318923758-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3394\" width=\"132\" height=\"176\" \/><figcaption>Robert J. Johnson presented various art paintings, this one pictured above is titled, &#8220;Weeds Around the Pond.&#8221; (Photo Credit to Karina Kosmala). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme of the paintings that he presented featured restaurants as well as abstract pieces. In his paintings, he tried to capture the atmosphere of the restaurant and the employees in the restaurant, where he and a group of his friends visited a different restaurant for breakfast every Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas for the other art pieces that didn\u2019t feature restaurants, he said, \u201cI have an impression in my mind and I start to develop it.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert J. Johnson is a teacher at the Chicago Public Schools, and a Director for the Bureau of Art for CPS. He mentioned that he didn\u2019t ultimately start in the art field when he started college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johnson entered Loyola University Chicago studying philosophy; however, when his mother questioned what he was going to do with a bachelor in philosophy, we reconsidered it. He left Loyola University Chicago and stopped at the Art Institute of Chicago. That was the first time he ever visited the Art Institute and after that he mentioned that his \u201cwhole life changed.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He concluded his \u201cArtist Talk\u201d mentioning how to progress as a beginning artist. \u201cI think one of the most important things is skill building that you are required to develop as a beginning artist so you could represent all these ideas that you have in some manner. The skills that I learned was drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, all kinds of things. So that I\u2019m able to represent my ideas with a number of different materials.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert J. Johnson\u2019s work can be viewed in the Ferguson Art Gallery from January 14th-February 23rd, 2019 and are available for purchase as well. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Karina Kosmala On January 20, 2019, Robert J. Johnson gave an \u201cArtist Talk\u201d presenting his paintings in the Ferguson Art Gallery of everyday observations (of people or of nature) that he encountered. These everyday observations were painted using oil and acrylic paints. For one art piece, he used computer images. 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