http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/85984/larry-johnson-untitled-i-had-never-seen-anything-like-it-1988 ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Larry Johnson, <i>Untitled (I Had Never Seen Anything Like It)</i> (1988) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/85984/larry-johnson-untitled-i-had-never-seen-anything-like-it-1988 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/85984/larry-johnson-untitled-i-had-never-seen-anything-like-it-1988 Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Larry Johnson, <i>Untitled (I Had Never Seen Anything Like It)</i> (1988)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Walker Art Center</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>1998</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/>"Perhaps the best thing would be for people to examine their own reasons for liking the same stories I do. Maybe that's enough."--Larry Johnson <p>In his work, Los Angeles-based artist Larry Johnson references various media and autobiographical experiences such as advertisements, conversations, and magazine texts. In much the same way as a movie clip, the "scene" authored by the artist in <i>Untitled (I Had Never Seen Anything Like It)</i> is dependent on creating a context of time and space that suggests a larger fiction. Through his use of photography, text, and a modernist color palette, Johnson at once affirms and complicates the nonlinear dynamics of language, his own love of images, and the pervasive influence of Hollywood on the imagination.</p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/85984/larry-johnson-untitled-i-had-never-seen-anything-like-it-1988 "Perhaps the best thing would be for people to examine their own reasons for liking the same stories I do. Maybe that's enough."--Larry Johnson In his work, Los Angeles-based artist Larry Johnson references various media and autobiographical experiences such as advertisements, conversations, and magazine texts. In much the same way as a movie clip, the "scene" authored by the artist in Untitled (I Had Never Seen Anything Like It) is dependent on creating a context of time and space that suggests a larger fiction. Through his use of photography, text, and a modernist color palette, Johnson at once affirms and complicates the nonlinear dynamics of language, his own love of images, and the pervasive influence of Hollywood on the imagination. " type="image/jpeg" />"Perhaps the best thing would be for people to examine their own reasons for liking the same stories I do. Maybe that's enough."--Larry Johnson In his work, Los Angeles-based artist Larry Johnson references various media and autobiographical experiences such as advertisements, conversations, and magazine texts. In much the same way as a movie clip, the "scene" authored by the artist in Untitled (I Had Never Seen Anything Like It) is dependent on creating a context of time and space that suggests a larger fiction. Through his use of photography, text, and a modernist color palette, Johnson at once affirms and complicates the nonlinear dynamics of language, his own love of images, and the pervasive influence of Hollywood on the imagination. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright 1998 Walker Art CenterWalker Art Center