07/02/2026
Accident & Underdogs’ consists of a trio of works: Heath, Hunter and Moon. Each are anchored by an everyday object, transformed. At their centre sits an unfolded box: deconstructed, laid bare, and forming the shape of a cross. A symbol steeped in centuries of meaning, reimagined by Johnny Depp through labels, playing cards, tags, graffiti and layered paint.
Fuelled by playful disruption and an instinctive rejection of the status quo, Johnny treats composition as an act of discovery. The box becomes a stage - a site where context, culture and perspective collide - allowing familiar symbols and words to shift, fracture and reform. Across the trio, a visual language emerges, one that builds towards a mythology entirely his own.
Johnny reflected on his process:
“It came to me one morning – I was having a cup of tea, it was the last bag in the box. I looked at the construction of the box, slipped a butter knife in, took the glue bits off and spread it out. The thing was in the shape of a crucifix. What an irony – in these everyday items you can find these things.”
Which is your favourite piece in the collection?
