In the press
Interview by Ryan Gilbey in the Guardian 27/07/2022
‘I’d rather be a tramp than reform my old bands’: Lawrence on life as British music’s greatest also-ran
“His greatest enthusiasm is reserved for the larger-than-life-sized pink marble bust which the sculptor Corin Johnson is making of him: “He came up to me at a gig and said, ‘I’d like to do a statue of you.’” A month’s worth of sittings later – including one spent with straws in his nostrils while his head was encased in plaster of Paris – and it’s almost ready. Nick Cave, one of Lawrence’s heroes, has been working in the same yard on a ceramics project about the devil. “He keeps saying, ‘When are you going to bloody finish that?’”
Interview: Lara Monro
Photographs: Mattea Perrotta
June 3, 2021
THE PARAPSYCHIC SCULPTOR: AN INTERVIEW OF CORIN JOHNSON
Artist Corin Johnson has spent over thirty years traversing the art world with his exceptional stonemasonry and wood carving craftsmanship. Corin has collaborated with some of the world's most renowned visual artists including Paul Noble, as well as focusing on his own practice (which includes drawing, modeling, and unique stone, marble, and wood carvings), the work is varied with a unique and colorful story behind each piece.
Nick Cave in Corin’s studio where the original set of devils were created
Marcus Harvey at The Pangolin, London
Paul Noble at The Gargosian Gallery
Nick Cave — The Devil, A Life (in Corin's studio)
Nick Cave On Commissioning Corin
Janani Luwum Sculpture In The Times
