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Yo People, is what I call my art. It sets the mood to one's sense of humor far beyond the context of caricature or cartoon. What appears to be comic gives rise to satire. What might ordinarily be viewed as commonplace turns out to be ironic. The jests of puns and the pranks, of human behavior confrontation, are all enacted through the dramatization of everyday occurrences, set into compositions, starring "Yo People". Expressive, animated forms with exaggerated gestures of body posture, language, and emphatic emotional communications.
With a very direct, minimal design, the art demands the viewers response; which is more personal than looking at a painting.
M L J Johnson, born in Washington, D.C., grew up on Manhattan's Lower East side. Art being a universal language, M L J uses it as a form of visual communication, morphing words into images, pictograms of life's phenomenon.
M L J was educated at Brooklyn College and holds a Masters Degree in Art Education/curriculum development, as well as an M.F.A. in painting and printmaking from Lehman College. M L J is listed in the "Who's Who of American Artists", as well the "Who's Who of African Americans".
An Artist and educator, M L J has exhibited extensively in the U.S., London, Spain, Puerto Rico, South America, and the African Diaspora. Currently, M L J is an adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at the College of New Rochelle and the Project Arts coordinator for N.Y.C. Bd. of Education.
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