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Once described by novelist J. Robert Lennon as "making the ordinary seem alien and alienation
seem ordinary," James Spitznagel’s futuristic digital images borrow scenes from everyday
life and distort them to the point that they are no longer recognizable. His photographic
works are edited and modified through computer imaging techniques and employ a
restricted palette, slick sense of geometry and pixilated rhythmic movement.
Although seemingly cool and removed, Spitznagel’s Zen-like works are rich in emotional
and personal content. Each photographic element, distorted in color and shape,
originates as a found object, chosen by the artist for his particular reaction to it
at a precise moment in time. Through the screen of the computer, Spitznagel then
engages in an ultra-modern form of Abstract Expressionism, using gradients, cropping
tools and high resolutions to illustrate the emotions the Action Painters once
illustrated through paint and canvas.
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