Origins

The Symbolism Behind the Collection

After his hugely successful Friends & Heroes and Five releases of portraits, Johnny Depp has continued to delve deeper into the self, and his subconscious, in his series of limited edition works, The Bunnyman Genesis. In this collection, an intriguing, silhouetted figure stands before four different, yet parallel, realms in the collection of mixed media limited editions. Layering each composition with varying textures, contrasting blocks of colour and confident mark-making, Depp has developed a body of work which demonstrates his expressive creativity.

Infused with a celestial undertone, the symbolic figure stands resolute, adopting the same pose within each of the artist’s conjured dreamscapes. As if sharing his protagonist’s origin story, Depp gives viewers glimpses of a character who existed in his dreams before arriving in his son’s. Not only an inseparable friend and powerful self-representation of Depp, The Bunnyman is also an icon of his imagination.

Origins

‘Origins’ is the foundational artwork in The Bunnyman Genesis, depicting the first portrayal of the character created by Johnny. Originally a 2m tall canvas, this limited-edition artwork captures the striking presence of The Bunnyman. A strongly symbolic colour, connoting courage, protection & luck, the red within this artwork reflects key traits of The Bunnyman - he is bold, powerful, a guardian warding off evil spirits. The red highlights the duality of The Bunnyman, described by Johnny as “a fearsome vision…but look closer, he can also be seen as an inseparable friend”. This piece, “Origins”, acts as a perfect foundation from which The Bunnyman’s many guises appear.

“The character means a lot to me,” Johnny explains.

“He comes from a recurring dream that I had as a child of five or six. I would walk to the door of the basement in our house in Kentucky and when I opened it, standing on the landing at the top of the stairs right in front of me was this figure with no face. He had features, like a mannequin almost and you could see he was formed of a membrane containing various little grains of sand in different colours which were all moving in this guy’s body and coursing around in abstract ways.”

The Artwork

With hand applied gold leaf, silkscreen varnish and spot colour, this is a mixed media hand-signed limited-edition artwork on 640gsm paper with torn edges. Each artwork is signed by Johnny Depp and emboss stamped by hand with Johnny’s personal mark of authenticity, The Bunnyman.

This artwork can also be purchased in a framed set or unframed portfolio.

 New and exclusive - The Bunnyman artwork features an NFC tag allowing you to access unique content. When your artwork arrives, simply hold your phone up to The Bunnyman embossed figure in the corner of the piece and discover this exclusive content.

Find out more about this collection here or alternatively find out more about Johnny’s Depp artistry.

You can now visualise the artwork in your space by using the AR feature available in each individual product. For a more accurate representation, we advise to keep the scale at 100%.