Striped Table - Mountain

Title: Striped Table - Mountain
LC Subject: Acrylic painting Painting acrylic painting (technique) oil painting (technique) painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
Creator: Johanson, George
Description: This painting is divided into three sections. The foreground is comprised of a red rectangular form that enters the picture plane from the lower right-hand corner, and it contains several enigmatic items. The middleground is composed of a section of alternating light and dark stripes, reminiscent of strip-farmed land, and it contains what appears to be a floral form and a pair of scissors. The background is divided into left and right by two sections of red and blue alternating stripes, separated in the middle by a black abyss. George Johanson; Striped Table Mountain; oil 1982; 60x51 inches George Johanson attended and taught at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon. He divides his time between painting and printmaking. In 1992, he received the Governor's Award for the Arts. (Data provided at http://www.kpchr.org/public/sawardart/apps/Johanson.htm. Reviewed on 04/07/07. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location: Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 700 Summer St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Award Date: 1982
Identifier: 1983_salem_vet-affairs-bldg_05_a01
Accession Number: 1983_salem_vet-affairs-bldg_05_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Johanson, George
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 60 x 51 inches
Material: Painting acrylic & oil on canvas; shaped canvas
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1983 Veteran's Affairs Building, Salem Oregon 1983_salem_vet-affairs-bldg
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: I thought of the still-life as being something like a stage with dramatic incidents occurring upon it. The small still-life objects, some disrupted and floating, are contrasted to the massiveness of the table and the solidaity of the dark mountain. The general theme is about the fragility and temporal quality of life. (Johanson, May 10, 1984)