Solo show Zurich

John ‘JONONE’ Perello

14.09.2020 – 19.09.2020

WEDDING PLANNERS

Kolly Gallery is excited to present John ‚JonOne‘ Perello’s unique, multifaceted and personal paintings entitled Wedding Planners from 14th to 19th September 2020.

The works presented in the current series 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 1980ies he 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‘. At a closer look, letters and even his tag are recognizable. The regularity of repeating his tag over and over again, is not monotonous, in contrary, it is divers, complex and rich. Eventually the writing develops into an abstract pattern within the beauty of infinity.

Discover JonOne Artworks

„ Your own mythology, the urban legend that you associated with your name, you wrote it, you painted it.“

Jonone, 2020.

Particularly in this series, the multi-layered nature of JonOne’s art works becomes evident. The backgrounds of the paintings are rather well visible which create the ideal stage for his sassy and edgy tags. The exhibited paintings are reminiscent of his early works, where he not only focused on the tag itself, but also expressed his intentions in almost figurative color fields. The different selections of paintings demonstrate the artist’s facets of proficiency and versatility in his expressive and abstract practice.

JonOne is inspired by the all things that he experienced in his life. From a biographical point of view his path was colored by different tones, marked by various actions and influenced by different cultures. His journey through the urban jungle led him to his artistic essence, which still keeps on reverberating.

Tania di Brita

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Installation view