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Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

Dutch, b. 1974
Nemo Jantzen plays with focus, creating a sense of depth, thus bringing into question the act of voyeurism and the anticlimactic and revelatory nature of privacy. In his hyperrealistic work, Nemo Jantzen is much inspired by film and tries to capture details of highly enlarged objects or photographic moments in time. These scenes portray often decadent and noir-style subject matters with a story to tell - like a movie still with an open ending - deliberately avoiding eye contact that could give away the personality of the painted subjects, as to not interfere with the imagination of the spectator. This compells us to think and imagine what has happened or what will happen next. Intrigued by light and the mystery of darkness, Jantzen plays with focus, creating a sense of depth and connecting the image and viewer through the inclusion of the optical vocabulary of cinematography, and the allusion to the constraints of the instant polaroid. In his mixed-media body work of painted ceramics on wood, Nemo Jantzen wishes to capture and address the times we live in. In particular the voyeurism of hidden cameras and video surveillance that have become accepted in our society, creating awareness of this invasion of privacy for our own perverted need to watch and to know everything. In the name of safety and control, and fed by the media, this imagery has changed into entertainment and pleasure. He depicts public figures that became common good and through a language of blurred and pixelated imagery, photographic stills and scenes that can tell whole stories in one glance. In these pieces, built up out of hand-painted ceramic tiles which he uses as building blocks, that by themselves are nothing more than that, but together form pixelated shapes that merely suggest an image that our imagination transforms into flowing and complete figures. The missing details and shortage of information stimulates our imagination to fill in the blanks and create the excitement. With large-scale images built out of hundreds of small images; stories incapsulated in glass spheres the work simply keeps repeating to the viewers. In a word : “The closer you look, the less you see”.
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Artist: Nemo Jantzen
Intergalactic
Intergalactic

Intergalactic

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

Silence Is Golden

Silence Is Golden

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

Out of Focus

Out of Focus

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread, Acrylic

Who’s Laughing Now
Who’s Laughing Now

Who’s Laughing Now

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

Paradise
Paradise

Nemo JantzenParadise, 2023

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Paradise

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Mixed media by Nemo Jantzen. Handmade resin domes on board. Born and raised in The Hague in 1970, Nemo Jantzen then studied art, design and photography at the RTO in Rotterdam and ...

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2010s Pop Art Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood

Off Book

Nemo JantzenOff Book, 2022

Price Upon Request

Off Book

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Pop Art Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

On My Mind
On My Mind

On My Mind

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...

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2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

Sky High
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Nemo JantzenSky High, 2022

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Sky High

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Mixed media by Nemo Jantzen. Handmade resin domes on board. Born and raised in The Hague in 1970, Nemo Jantzen then studied art, design and photography at the RTO in Rotterdam and mo...

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2010s Pop Art Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Senses
Senses

Nemo JantzenSenses, 2022

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Senses

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexi-glass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of h...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

X-RAY

Nemo JantzenX-RAY, 2022

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X-RAY

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in Singapore, SG

Nails and thread on wood in plexi-glass. One-of-a-kind original artwork. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of h...

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2010s Photorealist Nemo Jantzen Figurative Paintings

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Thread

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Nemo Jantzen figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Nemo Jantzen figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Nemo Jantzen in cord, thread, epoxy resin and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large Nemo Jantzen figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 44 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Fiona Morley, Coby Whitmore, and John Joseph Hanright.