{"product_id":"chrome-maze","title":"Chrome Maze","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\" × 20\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChrome Maze\u003c\/i\u003e is a painting that makes the mind work against itself. The forms are rendered in cool grays, warm golds, and muted rose — curved and angular shapes that interlock with enough precision to suggest mechanical purpose, like the interior of a clock or the cross-section of a gear assembly where every component exists to serve the whole. The eye reads intention everywhere: this piece connects to that one, that curve supports this arch, the rhythm suggests a system. But no system reveals itself. The connections don't complete. From the Labyrinth Series, Johnson's premise is that \"shiny, distinct images can be dead ends, conundrums and unsolvable despite their appeal\" — and the chrome palette is the proof. It looks like it should work. It looks like something that has a function. Near the center of the composition, a single dark eye watches from inside the machinery, which is either a coincidence or the painting's quiet joke: the maze has been looking back at you the whole time you've been trying to solve it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45271977754844,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/Johnson-ChromeMaze_2022.jpg?v=1717696723","url":"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/products\/chrome-maze","provider":"nicartgallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}