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Daniel Johnston
1961-2019
Oh Oh How I Hate Responcitablity
2002
Pen and colored marker on illustration board
20 by 15 in.
Provenance
Courtesy The Daniel Johnston Trust
Catalogue Note
World-renowned musician Daniel Johnston was an accomplished visual artist who exhibited his comic-inspired drawings internationally, including in the Whitney Biennial in 2006. In this self-portrait, the artist appears surrounded by characters and symbols from his unique personal mythology. Johnston draws a female torso (a symbol of sex) with an eyeball by his side, while Vile Corrupt (symbol of Evil) holds a limp Jeremiah the Innocent (symbol of Good) and Captain America looks on.
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1961-2019
Oh Oh How I Hate Responcitablity
2002
Pen and colored marker on illustration board
20 by 15 in.
Provenance
Courtesy The Daniel Johnston Trust
Catalogue Note
World-renowned musician Daniel Johnston was an accomplished visual artist who exhibited his comic-inspired drawings internationally, including in the Whitney Biennial in 2006. In this self-portrait, the artist appears surrounded by characters and symbols from his unique personal mythology. Johnston draws a female torso (a symbol of sex) with an eyeball by his side, while Vile Corrupt (symbol of Evil) holds a limp Jeremiah the Innocent (symbol of Good) and Captain America looks on.
For inquiries or to place a phone or absentee bid, please email bid@thecontemporaryaustin.org .