Kiel Johnson lecture

Kiel Johnson is an interesting and motivating person. His stories about his experiences in the art world were fun and engaging. Kiel Johnson draws but he is mainly known for his cardboard sculptures.

            Johnson said, “art can made out of anything” and he proved that by making amazingly detailed and beautiful pieces out of cardboard. He made an old fashioned camera out of cardboard and even made it into a functioning camera. His art is very urban. When he isn’t using cardboard as a medium he is drawing urban landscapes. Johnson’s art is very imaginative. It is chaotic but also streamlined. Sometimes he is drawing  every material thing that he owns and other times he is piecing together scraps of cardboard into a perfect row of violins.

            One of the most interesting parts of his lecture was when he talked about making cardboard robot costumes. He did a workshop at a community college and helped the students make elaborate cardboard robots. Johnson said, “art is fun…not something to stress about”. Johnson’s art is fun and he really loves what he does. He is not afraid to take risks and try out new, crazy ideas and that is very inspiring.