PATHETIC FALLACIES — Andrew Ellis Johnson

PATHETIC FALLACIES, 1997

The vulnerable and the immune

in a moment opportune

for reversal

Pathetic Fallacies is a painting cycle that features allegorical animals caught in the act of self- sacrifice, suicidal commitment, or in stunts in which they are captive. They are displayed in the excesses of their conditioning and suffering from selective mutations grown to absurd proportion. Iconic in their isolation, these creatures are engulfed by an unadulterated, minimalist, linen ground.

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 1997, detail of mosquitoes

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail of mosquitoes

STUDY for THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003

DOWNSIZING, 1997

DOWNSIZING, 1997, detail

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997, detail

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997

OUTGROWN, 1997

BORN(E), 1997

STUDY for OUTGROWN, 1997

IN HIS OWN IMAGE: Intellectual Property Rights, 1998

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THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 1997, detail of mosquitoes

THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003, detail of mosquitoes

STUDY for THE CLOSED MOUTH, 2003

DOWNSIZING, 1997

DOWNSIZING, 1997, detail

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997, detail

THE LOCUSTS KEEP CALLING, 1997

STUDY for OUTGROWN, 1997

IN HIS OWN IMAGE: Intellectual Property Rights, 1998