SYNTHESIS | May
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Sponsored by emptykingdom.com | EK Interview: John Wentz | Hi-Fructose Magazine Review
“My process involves taking seemingly disparate images, which are derived from dreams and memories. These images are then synthesized on the picture plane to form a language or narrative. A systematic form of geometry is then used to give the pictures structure and unify the images giving them integrity with the rectangle that holds them.”
“Each individual component is viewed as a piece of vocabulary and when put together develop as language. Elements of comic books are used as the vocabulary of my youth while the predominantly achromatic figures allude to the psychological or dream state. The image of the crow is repeated as a symbol of a particular time of my youth. As a child, I regrettably hunted birds: shooting and burying them. They represent the cycle and ritual of birth, growth, discovery and death.”
Tags: childhood, dreams, hero figure, human psyche, John Wentz, memories, mythology, psychology
