Nemo Jantzen
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2021

About the Item

Glass spheres on wood Unique glass spheres are arranged to create a dynamic portrait of a young woman. The glass spheres contain imagery to create a multi-layered composition. Nemo’s hyper-realist narrative paintings and his mixed media work evoke the iconic images embedded in the collective unconscious, illustrating the overlap between our memories of images from contemporary cinema and our real-world experiences. After collecting thousands of images and organizing them by theme and color, the artist embeds them in small handmade resin spheres. Jantzen then joins dozens of the spheres together to create large scale mixed media photographic portraits. The work requires and inspires viewers to constantly investigate their perspective through the interplay of walking up close and standing at a distance. Part of Jantzen’s intent seems to be bringing awareness to viewers of how individual perception is influenced by mass media messaging, “We sometimes get bombarded by so much information that we lose sight of “the big picture”.

Creator:
Nemo Jantzen (1974, Dutch)
Creation Year:
2021
Dimensions:
Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
Medium:
Glass,Resin,Wood,Plywood
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU156629749582
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