Tom Johnson's Psychoanalytic Performance on Wealth at Guido Costa Projects
Tom Johnson (born 1966, New York) presents a performance titled "Un piano nobile per un uomo alto" at Guido Costa Projects in Turin, exploring middle-class attitudes toward wealth and power through a psychoanalytic lens. The performance incorporates William Hazlitt's text "What is the People?" (written 1778-1830). The exhibition also features Johnson's charcoal-on-paper drawings depicting metaphysical shadow scenes of rich and poor figures, alongside mobile theater drawings. Johnson has focused on performance and theater since the 1990s, using intimate gesture and language to dissect social and behavioral short-circuits around affluence.
Key facts
- Tom Johnson was born in New York in 1966.
- The exhibition is titled 'Un piano nobile per un uomo alto' at Guido Costa Projects in Turin.
- The performance investigates middle-class attitudes toward wealth and power.
- Johnson's work since the 1990s focuses on performance and theater.
- The performance includes interpretation of William Hazlitt's text 'What is the People?'.
- The exhibition includes charcoal-on-paper drawings of two shadows symbolizing rich and poor.
- Other drawings feature mobile theaters.
- The drawings create a metaphysical scenography.
Entities
Artists
- Tom Johnson
Institutions
- Guido Costa Projects
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Turin
- Italy