Call him what you like, deviant, lunatic, genius, exploitative; I have loved JPW since I first saw prints  from, and his book  “Gods of Earth and Heaven“. I know it is more than a little macabre for someone who used to get freaked out by anatomy books as a child, but he has been one of the most influential artists for me. I was instantly fascinated by his use of tortured figures, classical themes and compositions; Hieronymus Bosch with a camera. When I did more research, which in the days prior to the internet meant scouring art libraries for articles, I found a story that fascinated me. I was engaged, not because of the grotesque details but because it planted a seed in me to create a second self for the creation of art. 

Woman once a bird – Joel-Peter Witkin

Las Meninas by tomatelá! – Joel-Peter Witkin

Within Mask – Joel-Peter Witkin

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As he puts it; Nick is a “British artist working with contributed technological artefacts and materials”, it sums up the media but there is so much more.

I first found Gentry’s work when I was staying at the Hotel Zetta in The City. deFor the nerdiest of reason, the floppy disks are what attracted me to it. Once I got past the stunned amazement I had with is work I really looked deeper into it to see, what it was that really attracted me to it. At first, it was the materials, then it was the modelesque figures rendered with a technique that makes me go … “How’d they do that?” Finally looking at his most recent pieces, I see that all of those elements in addition to the deconstructed and reconstructed imagery are what appeals to me most.

Stardust — Nick Gentry

Tracks — Nick Gentry

 

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