Number three in a set of six sculptures by the late, great Jan Johnson. Into the meat grinder of history we go! And we go willingly, compliantly. Why? Because we are told to go? Jan Johnson's art always challenged our assumptions, and Jan rarely if ever offered explanations. He was a dusty little man with a Groucho moustache and a folksy manner that concealed a razor-sharp intelligence. He listened more than he talked, and on meeting him for the first time, people might dismiss him, fail to see who they were dealing with - and Jan was always the smartest person in the room. He seemed to operate outside of ego.

Here is Jan in a 20-second clip, reminding an interviewer that art "should make you feel something". A glimpse of the man...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwILL3eGws

Photographed in Sooke, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

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