Solo show Zurich
John ‘JONONE’ Perello
02.11.2020 – 07.11.2020
FOLLOW THE CURRENT
The art works presented in the series entitled Follow the Current show the artist’s energetic, cryptic and polychrome canvases. Multiple layers and thick brushstrokes adorn his large-sized and explosive paintings. Profoundly rooted in the graffiti scene of the 1980s, he has made excellent use of his obsession with tagging. What might appear as abstract lines, cryptic shapes or intentional drips of paint to the viewer, actually represent his own tag “JONONE”, sometimes also in variations as “JONONE ROCK”. Upon closer inspection, individual letters and even his tag are recognizable. The regularity of repeating his tag over and over again is not monotonous; on the contrary, it is diverse, complex and dense. Eventually the writing develops into an abstract pattern within the beauty of infinity.