Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

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”.

Artist: Nemo Jantzen

Nemo JantzenElegance, 2021

Price Upon Request

Elegance

By Nemo Jantzen

Located in New York, NY

Nails and thread on wooden panel. The work comes in a plexiglass box. In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in the earlier years of ...

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2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Thread, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Rachel DennyGuardian, 2022

$4,200

H 44 in W 15 in D 21 in

Guardian

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

Rachel Denny's work is an exploration of the seductive beauty of our natural world and the imprint that human intervention has made on its flora and fauna...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Metal

John Garrett"Composition in Black and White", Cotton Wall Tapestry, Thread, Textile, Fiber, 2023

$6,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 54 in W 48 in D 2.5 in

"Composition in Black and White", Cotton Wall Tapestry, Thread, Textile, Fiber

By John Garrett

Located in St. Louis, MO

John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...

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2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Thread, Polyester

Kelly Kozma"Love for Ten Thousand Years"Hand Folded Origami Paper Star in Pendant Sculpture, 2024 - 2025

$3,200

H 120 in Dm 36 in

"Love for Ten Thousand Years"Hand Folded Origami Paper Star in Pendant Sculpture

By Kelly Kozma

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sculpture titled "Love for Ten Thousand Years" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of handmade origami wishing stars strung on embroidery thread. Kozma's work is supporte...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Thread, Lucite

John Garrett"Carnival", Cotton Tapestry, Wall Hanging Sculpture, Thread, Textile, Polyester, 2023

$6,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 54 in W 48 in D 2.5 in

"Carnival", Cotton Tapestry, Wall Hanging Sculpture, Thread, Textile, Polyester

By John Garrett

Located in St. Louis, MO

John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Thread, Polyester

John Garrett"Big Rope", Cotton Crochet Thread, Hanging Fiber Sculpture, Soft, Installation, 2023

$12,000

H 540 in W 3 in D 3 in

"Big Rope", Cotton Crochet Thread, Hanging Fiber Sculpture, Soft, Installation

By John Garrett

Located in St. Louis, MO

John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Cotton, Thread, Polyester, Mixed Media

Norma Minkowitz"Baggage" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary, Figurative mixed media wall sculpture, 2007

$20,000

H 43 in W 50 in D 6 in

"Baggage" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary, Figurative mixed media wall sculpture

By Norma Minkowitz

Located in Wilton, CT

This figurative mixed media textile wall sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowi...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Thread, Resin, Mixed Media

Norma Minkowitz"Wild in the Woods" abstract horse, mixed media textile sculpture, 1997

$18,500

H 40 in W 11 in D 16 in

"Wild in the Woods" abstract horse, mixed media textile sculpture

By Norma Minkowitz

Located in Wilton, CT

"Wild in the Woods" fiber, wood, mixed media, 40 x 11 x 16, 1997. This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing te...

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1990s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Thread, Mixed Media, Wood

Rachel DennyAries, 2024

$3,400

H 26 in W 22 in D 25 in

Aries

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ethan MeyerLife Size Fiber Sculpture, Light Weight, Colorful Mixed Media, Hand Made, Meyer, 2023

$10,400

H 61 in W 30 in D 30 in

Life Size Fiber Sculpture, Light Weight, Colorful Mixed Media, Hand Made, Meyer

By Ethan Meyer

Located in St. Louis, MO

Life Size Fiber Sculpture, Light Weight, Colorful Mixed Media, Hand Made, Meyer Groot Foundation Grant Honorable Mention Recipient 2025 "My work, both in painting and sculpture, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Yarn, Foam, Mixed Media

Rachel DennyDrifter, 2023

$4,850

H 19 in W 15 in D 13 in

Drifter

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Rachel DennyStar Grazers, 2023

$16,100

H 54 in W 54 in D 7 in

Star Grazers

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Chang Yeonsoon"Chunjeein 1, 2 & 3" (Triptych) Contemporary Korean Textile Wall Sculptures, 2019

$12,900

H 33 in W 7.125 in D 6.75 in

"Chunjeein 1, 2 & 3" (Triptych) Contemporary Korean Textile Wall Sculptures

By Chang Yeonsoon

Located in Wilton, CT

"Chunjeein-1, 2 & 3", 33” x 7 1/8” x 6 3/4” (total installed dimensions), 2019 This three-piece work of abaca fiber, pure gold leaf and eco-soluble resin is by Chang Yeonsoon (b. 1950), a Korean...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nemo Jantzen Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Find a wide variety of authentic Nemo Jantzen sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Nemo Jantzen in cord, thread, fabric 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 contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Nemo Jantzen sculptures, so small editions measuring 47 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ak Jansen, Romee Kanis, and Jos de Wit. Nemo Jantzen sculptures prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20,000 and tops out at $22,425, while the average work can sell for $21,213.