Saatchi Yates, London // September 14, 2023 – October 22, 2023
Singing Queen 2, Oil on linen, 2022
Will.St.John in his NYC studio
Baby, Oil on linen, 2023
Fire Dog, Oil on linen, 2023
Fly Guy, Oil on linen, 2023
Fresh Tendrils, Oil on linen, 2023
Will.St.John in Studio
Long Nose, Oil on linen, 2023
Nude With Searchlights, Oil on linen, 2022
You Will Never See Me Cry, Oil on linen, 2023
This morning we got a little teaser of Will.St.John’s new solo show set for Saatchi Yates in London titled, Unveiling Brooklyn’s Radical Bohemia In A Wizard Of Oz Fusion. St. John spent years studying Renaissance painting techniques in Florence and around Europe. He brings these skills to his community of Bohemian New Yorkers. With a rigorous artistic style and approach to image-making, St.John’s meticulously crafted paintings exude delicately fierce character. Reminding us of the French Rococo tradition, his works echo the genre’s hallmark traits: a whimsical treatment of sensual themes, deployment of rich and intricate brushwork, and an infusion of pastel hues.
“As an inveterate daydreamer it took me many years to develop a system where I could actually turn my visions into reality,” St.John says. “Many, many failures. I must have discovered at least 10,000 ways how not to make a painting. Ultimately, I discovered that the point of art is not to make one great painting, but to develop a “system” that can make great paintings. This all developed in the factory of the mind.”
Unveiling Brooklyn’s Radical Bohemia In A Wizard Of Oz Fusion opens September 14, 2023, in London.
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