BMOCA- THE LOOK OF NOWHERE / SCOTT JOHNSON


















THE LOOK OF NOWHERE / SCOTT JOHNSON
Scott Johnson installation “The Look of Nowhere” investigates the way language can obscure what it tries to name, losing sight of what it means to convey. He states, “I believe words cast shadows and images are buckets, riddled with holes. This is to say there is a certain blindness inherent in the processes of naming and depicting, if not a certain distortion of what is named or depicted.

Johnson was born in 1969 and grew up in the Colorado Rockies. He obtained his BFA from The University of Colorado at Boulder and his MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. His work as an artist has been informed by such as experiences as herding cows on the Navajo Reservation, traveling upon the Silk Road and living in Venice, Italy. He presently teaches at The Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

http://www.bmoca.org/2008/05/the-look-of-nowhere-scott-johnson/