Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Johnson (British artist)

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The result was delete. Philg88 ^♦talk 06:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Johnson (British artist)[edit]

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I couldn't establish that he meets WP:ARTIST or WP:GNG Boleyn (talk) 07:11, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Boleyn is right. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 11:16, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep (probably) - His work seems to be in the collection of at least one notable gallery (Saatchi Gallery) - see here: [1] "Charles Saatchi himself asking to buy a piece of his work", as well as the Saatchi Gallery site [2]. There seems to have been a reasonable amount of critical attention given to him, both through exhibitions, solo and group, and through articles, see [3], [4] [5], [6], [7], and the work he produces appears distinctive in its look and techniques (such as collage portraits created from a collection of fragments of found, collected and photographed images) though how original that is I don't know - persons more expert in contemporary art are needed to comment on this AfD. But with all those sources and more I think he meets GNG. BTW, there seem to be two other living British artists named Paul Johnson, one an author and pop-up book creator, another a comic book illustrator. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 17:07, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MrScorch6200 (talk | ctrb) 04:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:21, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Some mentions of exhibitions in the references, but mostly gallery announcements. Rather typical for a contemporary artist who has not yet become famous. Still, not notable. LaMona (talk) 22:25, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete' Note: Saatchi is not an indicator of signficance, I'm a professional artist and I didn't bother to keep my account there active, it's user-submitted. --j⚛e decker ^talk 17:40, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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