“Sitting somewhere between the gestural marks made with a paint-soaked brush and works that exist purely in projection are the artworks of Johl Dwyer. Dwyer’s works are in conversation with the traditional – with sculpture and painting – while at the same time insisting on a stripping back to first principles and an acknowledgement of the power of light. His latest series, entitled ‘Virtually Virtual’, is an embodiment of the old writing adage – that the task is to express complicated ideas simply, not to use complicated language to describe simple ideas. Dwyer’s clean, taut surfaces belie a complex theoretical web, including a Juddian rejection of minimalism and an inquiry into the existential meaning of colour.”
– Amy Stewart
Excerpt from A Little Symphony
Photography: Kallan MacLeod
Johl Dwyer
Birthday
2017
cedar, plaster, enamel, gold leaf
200mm H x 200mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Candle
2017
cedar, resin, enamel
175mm H x 175mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Bloody Skull
2017
cedar, resin, oil, enamel
600mm H x 600mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Best Time 1
2017
cedar, resin, oil, plaster
200mm H x 200mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Best Time 2
2017
cedar, resin, oil, plaster
200mm H x 200mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Slither
2017
cedar, walnut, enamel
230mm H x 600mm W x 250mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Nails
2017
cedar, walnut, resin
230mm H x 600mm W x 250mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Another Page
2017
cedar, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
And Cream
2017
pine, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Johl Dwyer
Ivy Plantation
2017
cedar, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Johl Dwyer
Master
2017
cedar, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Diamond Tears
2017
pine, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Storm
2017
pine, resin, enamel
225mm H x 225mm W x 20mm D
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 1.1
2017
plywood, ash, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 7.7
2017
plywood, cherrywood, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 2.2
2017
plywood, cherrywood, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 5.5
2017
plywood, ash, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 6.6
2017
plywood, ash, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Pixel 3.3
2017
plywood, ash, enamel
210mm H x 210mm W x 210mm D
Private Collection
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017
Johl Dwyer
Virtually Virtual
2017