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.
Johnny Romeo’s COP KILLER Opening Night @ Muk Muk Fine Art, ALICE SPRINGS, Australia March 8th-17th, 2012. For information visit: www.mukmuk.com