Optic & Masturbation

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Darya & Ole @ biathlon auf Schalke

[thephotoregistry]

Nick Wilkinson

[1264doghouse]

Here comes trouble…

[biathlonfans]

Young Ole Einar!

[thephotoregistry]

Roan Mountain Lightning, Roan Mountain, North Carolina, 1977

John Pfahl

[newsfromsomewhere]

Bjork

[worldsandemanations]

Anto Carte, The Two Blind Men (Les deux aveugles)

[global-musings]

Mangbetu Man Wearing Basketry Hat. Medje Village, Congo (1970) - Eliot Elisofon

[ladybegood]

Lucille Ball photographed by Eliot Elisofon for Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

[cutieotter]

Lucille Ball

[opticandmasturbation]

Leasho Johnson

Self portrait #3, 2019, Gesso, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, oil, and gold foil on paper, 30 x 22 in.

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Leasho Johnson, Has it always been that big? 2022

charcoal, distemper, watercolour, acrylic, logwood dye, oil, oil stick, gold foil and gesso on paper mounted to canvas, 1.3 × 1.3 m

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Leasho Johnson. Carry-go-bring-come, 2022

charcoal, distemper, watercolour, acrylic, oil, gold foil and gesso mounted to canvas, 63.5 × 68.6 cm

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Leasho Johnson. Let me rub off on you, 2022

charcoal, distemper, watercolour, acrylic, oil, oil stick, gold foil and gesso on paper mounted to canvas, 1.3 × 1.4 m

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Leasho Johnson. Fears and tears, swear words and gulps, 2022 charcoal, distemper, watercolour, acrylic, oil, oil stick, gold foil and gesso on paper mounted to canvas, 133 × 86 cm

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Leasho Toshiba Johnson, Trelawny, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, oil, gesso on paper, 11 x 14 inches, 2020

[sexypinkon]

Leasho Johnson is a graphic designer, painter and fashion designer. His exhibition is curated by Veerle Poupeye.

Artist’s Statement

My work is inspired by various graffiti and graphic art styles, which I interpret within the context of my own environment. Being trained by my father in the traditional methods of painting and drawing, I have fused these traditional methods with my love for cartoons to create art that I consider to be more relevant to me as a young person than the kind I was trained to create. I believe cartoon illustrations are capable of reinterpreting controversial subjects such as religion or even homosexuality into a source of amusement, which provides me with an opportunity to express my interpretations of my immediate environment and my experiences as a Jamaican. I also believe cartoons reinterpret reality in another manner that reality itself cannot express; they are less threatening towards sensitive human emotions (anger, fear, hate) because they are not considered to represent reality. Ironically, using cartoons allows me to reintroduce and address the realities behind them.

[sexypinkon]

Leasho Johnson - Latest work from The Martyr Series (2019) - The pieta of Johnny B Goode’, 2019Oil ,charcoal, spray paint,vinyl40 × 32 in101.6 × 81.3 cm