Johanna Calle

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Suburbia 1, Espinca bifida #3, Laconista7 2003, 2008 El Sur

Calle’s drawings all inhabit received forms but alter them to call attention to specific qualities. A newspaper is both reproduced and modified to call attention to the newspaper as a means of information transmission. This also...

Abece “K” 2011 El Sur

Johanna Calle's Abece "K" (2011) is part of a series of drawings she made using the alphabet as her subject matter. Calle completed a drawing for each letter of the alphabet, maintaining its distinct symbol, while repeating it over and...

Abece “K” 2011 El Sur

Johanna Calle's Abece "K" (2011) is part of a series of drawings she made using the alphabet as her subject matter. Calle completed a drawing for each letter of the alphabet, maintaining its distinct symbol, while repeating it over and...

Johanna Calle’s drawings use pre-existing systems to explore issues of built space, cultural identity, and language. Her work often departs from common lines of handwriting, altering them with energy and pattern. The practice of drawing is considered expansively in Calle’s work, as she inserts stitching, metal, and even, returning to her background as a painter, the covering capacity of paint.