Johnny Romeo WHEN DOVES CRY feature in the PONSONBY NEWS
Johnny Romeo WHEN DOVES CRY feature in the PONSONBY NEWS, May Issue 2012 (page 148).
Johnny Romeo WHEN DOVES CRY feature in the PONSONBY NEWS, May Issue 2012 (page 148).
Johnny Romeo’s much anticipated Auckland show WHEN DOVES CRY @ Letham Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand opens Thursday 17th May 2012 – 6-8pm – www.lethamgallery.co.nz – Any enquires concerning WHEN DOVES CRY can be made directly through Letham Gallery (info@lethamgallery.co.nz) or by calling the gallery on +64 9 360 5217
‘When Doves Cry’ - Johnny Romeo
The icon of Kahlo – the sumptuous mono-brow, the piercing gaze, the defiant feminine Mexican figure – is one of the most instantly recognizable in Western art and pop-culture. ‘When Doves Cry’, the latest series from Johnny Romeo, explores the symbol of Kahlo as both an empowered heroine, and a figure who has experience immense suffering. The paintings, each of Kahlo, see Romeo boldly venturing into the realm of portraiture as a clever homage to Frida Kahlo’s own tradition of self-portrait. With his signature part pop, part punk gusto and explosively colourful expressiveness, Romeo endeavours, in his words, to ‘paint Frida the way she may have painted herself, had she been a pop artist.’
Letham Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand opens Thursday 17th May 2012 – 6-8pm www.lethamgallery.co.nz
Johnny Romeo’s much anticipated Auckland show WHEN DOVES CRY @ Letham Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand opens Thursday 17th May 2012 – 6-8pm – www.lethamgallery.co.nz
Any enquires concerning WHEN DOVES CRY can be made directly through Letham Gallery (info@lethamgallery.co.nz) or by calling the gallery on +64 9 360 5217
Johnny Romeo’s work ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone In The 60s And He Liked Green Just Like Bill Bixby’ will be part of the A ROLLING STONE Group show @ Porter Contemporary, New York, NY, USA. Opens April 5 – May 26, 2012. Artists: Johnny Romeo, Jason Bryant, JaH-HaHa, Naoto Hattori, Jennifer Murray, Adam Normandin, TwoOne . www.portercontemporary.com
The new Johnny Romeo COP KILLER book is now on sale at the Art Gallery of NSW and Museum & Art Gallery of The Northern Territory.
Johnny Romeo ABC television News Interview (Australia). To view the interview - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-23/ned-kelly-revisited/3909908
Johnny Romeo Cop Killer feature in the NT News, Friday 16th March 2012 (page 38).
Johnny Romeo Cop Killer feature in Darwin Life Magazine (page 38) – Issue March 2012.
