Tamara Johnson

About the Artist

For Tamara Johnson, traditional trompe l’oeil letter rack paintings provide a source of inspiration and whimsy to place and examine objects in unfamiliar settings. A range of hand-crafted objects including children’s blocks, a hair bleaching kit, fake plastic cheese slices, and tools speak to the “objectness” of motherhood, a sense of play, and the darker underbelly of desire, denial, and body autonomy. In her work, domestic objects confront unobserved systems of the physical body and the built environment.