{"product_id":"refined-necessity","title":"Refined Necessity","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Oil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\" × 18\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\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;\"\u003eThere is something quietly subversive about \u003ci\u003eRefined Necessity\u003c\/i\u003e. Morgan Johnson takes the most democratic of objects — a fork, a spoon, a knife, a glass, the instruments every human being on earth uses multiple times daily — and renders them in rich, luminous oils that make them look like they belong in a museum. And that, precisely, is the point. From the Unconditional Series, a body of work devoted to finding beauty regardless of subject or circumstance, Johnson asks how far advanced civilization has traveled from eating with its hands to requiring that the tools themselves be beautiful, balanced, worthy of the table. The palette answers in warm gold, deep bronze, and glowing amber — these are not cold, clinical instruments but objects that catch the light like jewelry. The most arresting detail arrives on closer inspection: the convex bowl of the spoon holds a reflection, but the reflection is faceless. The beauty of the object has become the subject. The person using it is incidental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWant to learn more? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Morgan Johnson Introduction Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/blogs\/meet-the-artist\/morgan-johnson-what-he-wants-you-to-work-for-why-its-worth-it\"\u003eRead Morgan's Introduction Page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/stay-connected-with-morgan-johnson\" title=\"Subscribe to Morgan's eNewsletter\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/subscribe-Blue_Small_de663c0f-8130-4c2f-9f75-ded826fa245c.jpg?v=1782319171\" width=\"68\" height=\"69\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sign up to receive updates from Morgan!\" href=\"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/pages\/stay-connected-with-morgan-johnson\"\u003eSign up to receive email notifications about Morgan's new work and where it's showing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51788376637660,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/3933\/0780\/files\/RefinedNecessity_2012-2.jpg?v=1782316474","url":"https:\/\/nicartgallery.com\/products\/refined-necessity","provider":"nicartgallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}