View Johnny Romeo‘s BLOODSPORT exhibition preview at: www.johnnyromeobloodsport.com
The grit, the bravado, the violence… BLOODSPORT, the latest series from Johnny Romeo, sees the acclaimed artist jump into the ring and deliver a knockout exploration of the world of boxing in all its savage, bombastic glory. Like Scorsese’s ‘Raging Bull’ trading blows with the Pop establishment, BLOODSPORT bristles with an irrepressible urgency, capturing the rawness and energy of boxing. Romeo’s bold, expressive boxers have a distinct character and swagger, combining pop’s love of colour with punk’s ruggedness and ferocity. Johnny Romeo’s new series immerses his audience into the euphoria and mayhem of the boxing – as battle, as spectacle, as BLOODSPORT.
Johnny Romeo’s new show BLOODSPORT opens @ Buratti Fine Art, Perth – October 26th – November 28th, 2012
Opening Night: 6:30pm Friday 26th October
www.buratti.com.au
Any enquires concerning BLOODSPORT can be made directly through Buratti Fine Art (mail@buratti.com.au) or by calling the gallery on +61 8 9433 6369.
Johnny Romeo’s new show BLOODSPORT opens @ Buratti Fine Art, Perth October 26th – November 28th, 2012
www.buratti.com.au
Opening Night: Friday October 26th 2012 @ 6:30pm.
Any enquires concerning BLOODSPORT can be made directly through Buratti Fine Art (mail@buratti.com.au) or by calling the gallery on +61 8 9433 6369.
Here’s a sneak peek everybody! Johnny Romeo’s new show BLOODSPORT opens @ Buratti Fine Art, Perth, Australia – October 26th – November 28th, 2012.
Opening Night: Friday October 26th 2012 @ 6:30pm – www.buratti.com.au
Any enquires concerning BLOODSPORT can be made directly through Buratti Fine Art (mail@buratti.com.au) or by calling the gallery on +61 8 9433 6369.
Fourty Bikes Australia release the Johnny Romeo Special Fourty Bike Edition featuring artwork from Australian pop artist Johnny Romeo. Check out more pics and the details at www.fourtybikes.com
Johnny Romeo featured in current issue of Australian Art Collector. Issue 61 (July – September 2012), page 158.
Johnny Romeo & The Art of Spain Group Show in the Confidential Page – Gold Coast Bulletin (Wednesday 13-6-2012) – Page 23!
The Art of Spain Group Show feature in the U Magazine in THE SUNDAY MAIL, Sunday 3rd June 2012 (page 38). The Art of Spain Group Show @ 19Karen, Gold Coast, Australia (June 9th – 7th July 2012). Opening Night: Saturday 9th June 2012 – 6-8pm. www.19karen.com.au
Johnny Romeo: The Four Little Girls
When one thinks of Spanish art, of its energy and its passion, one name immediately springs to mind: Pablo Picasso.
In his latest series, ‘The Four Little Girls’, Johnny Romeo pays homage to his hero Picasso, while maintaining his signature graphic style and lively colour palette.
Romeo powerfully marries the Cubist sensibilities of the Spanish Master with his own stream-of-consciousness pop expressionism, to create something haunting and original.
The works draw inspiration from Picasso’s ‘Weeping Woman’ series and a stream-of-consciousness play by Picasso entitled ‘The Four Little Girls’. Each painting is imbued with a deep sense of melancholy, and depicts a sister in a state of emotional and elemental pain. In contrast to the harrowing, anguished weepers of Picasso, Johnny Romeo’s ‘Four Little Sisters’ are characterised by a more introspective, spiritual sorrow.
The richly rounded, disjointed forms of the girls evokes classic Picasso while remaining a distinctly Romeo flavour. The rhythmic, pulsating nature of Romeo’s graphic lines is beautifully juxtaposed with the piercing, detached eyes of the sisters. Their gaze reaches beyond the confines of the canvass, perhaps as a means of escape, perhaps recoiling from the chaos ensuing in the outside world. The tears shed by each sister are thick and full, weighed down by a sadness that echoes the tears of the grieving Madonna motif that Picasso himself found so captivating.
The incorporation of text such as ‘Howl’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Burn’ and ‘Shiver’, inspired from the Picasso play, provide short, sharp bursts of pop pith and emotional grit to the works. This dynamic between pop energy and emotional gravitas is further explored through Romeo’s love for bold, gregarious colours and its interplay with rich, darker hues.
Johnny Romeo’s ‘The Four Little Girls’ is a captivating series that creates an interesting visual dialogue between the work of Picasso and his own.
Johnny Romeo’s ‘The Four Little Girls’ will be part of The Art of Spain Group Show @ 19Karen, Gold Coast, Australia. June 9th – 7th July 2012.
Opening Night: Saturday 9th June 2012 – 6-8pm – www.19karen.com.au
Johnny Romeo WHEN DOVES CRY feature in the PONSONBY NEWS, May Issue 2012 (page 148).