{"id":166280,"date":"2023-08-03T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=166280"},"modified":"2023-08-03T09:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:43:32","slug":"johnny-depp-self-portrait-a-new-journey-in-artistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/johnny-depp-self-portrait-a-new-journey-in-artistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp Self Portrait: A New Journey in Artistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnny Depp shifts focus to his artistic side, with a self-portrait reflecting his &#8216;fifth year of madness&#8217;. Discover how Depp&#8217;s art is telling his tumultuous story.<\/span><\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>Johnny Depp's new artistic venture involves a self-portrait that encapsulates the trials and tribulations of his past five years, post the libel trials with ex-wife, actress Amber Heard.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The work, titled 'Five,' uses mixed-media silkscreen and archival pigment, derived from a photoshoot for Dior's fragrance, Sauvage.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Depp's self-portrait is priced at \u00a31,950 ($2,500), with the actor committing to sign each piece and pledging to donate 10 percent of the proceeds from its sale to Mental Health America.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2><b>Johnny Depp: An Actor&#8217;s Transition to Self-Portraiture Amid Libel Trial Controversy<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the year unfolds, Johnny Depp is tapping into the turbulence that life has thrown his way, transmuting it into an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/art-basel-2023-a-festival-of-artistic-brilliance-back-in-full-swing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">artistic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form \u2013 self-portraiture. The seasoned actor, following the launch of his second silkscreen prints series at Castle Fine Arts earlier this year, has taken a turn inward, using himself as the centerpiece of his newest work, as reported by the Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The silkscreen and archival pigment work that Depp is currently involved in draws inspiration from a photoshoot, conceived by Jean-Baptiste Mondino for Dior&#8217;s Sauvage fragrance. The name of the work, intriguingly titled &#8216;Five,&#8217; serves as a metaphor to what Depp identifies as his &#8220;fifth year of madness,&#8221; referencing the controversy-filled years post his libel trials with ex-wife, actress Amber Heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A self-portrait painted by actor Johnny Depp is now on sale &#8211; depicting himself while between court battles with ex-wife Amber Heard.<\/p>\n<p>Signed editions are selling for close to $3,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9News?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#9News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MwJRZF53Pz\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MwJRZF53Pz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 9News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsSyd\/status\/1682206652924063745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heard had accused Depp of physical abuse in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed, a claim that led to a series of libel trials. One trial held in Virginia concluded in Depp&#8217;s favor, where the jury held Heard&#8217;s mentions of &#8220;sexual violence&#8221; and &#8220;domestic abuse&#8221; as defamatory. Conversely, Depp found himself at the losing end in another trial in England, where he sued the owner of The Sun for reporting that he had abused Heard. As a result of this loss, Depp was asked to step away from popular franchises including &#8220;Fantastic Beasts&#8221; and &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Turning Dark Times Into Art: Johnny Depp&#8217;s Artistic Journey<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depp embarked on this self-portrait project in 2021, during what he encapsulates as a &#8220;time that was, let&#8217;s say, a bit dark, a bit confusing,&#8221; in the promotional video. This project continues the tradition of comic-book-style screenprints that Depp released last year and as recently as March 2023 through Castle. His previous series, &#8220;Friends &amp; Heroes&#8221; and &#8220;Friends &amp; Heroes II&#8221;, featured well-known figures who either inspired Depp or those who have been a part of his nearly four-decade-long acting journey. Names include Heath Ledger, Bob Marley, River Phoenix, and Hunter S. Thompson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ian Weatherby-Blythe, the managing director at Castle Fine Art, expressed admiration for Depp&#8217;s new venture, describing it as the &#8220;most personal piece he&#8217;s ever done.&#8221; He added, &#8220;Johnny still has many, many fans out there, but I&#8217;m also hoping that art buyers will see it as a one-off work of art\u2026 He&#8217;s painted and drawn his entire life, and I think art connoisseurs will see that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priced at \u00a31,950 (roughly $2,500), the work comes in cheaper than his previous creations. Depp has pledged to personally sign &#8220;each and every one,&#8221; according to Weatherby-Blythe, and plans to donate around 10 percent ($250) of the sales proceeds to Mental Health America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":166399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}