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John Wentz - Navigation Unknown

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Saturday, 5 August 2017 to Saturday, 26 August 2017
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Saturday, 5 August 2017 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present “Navigation Unknown”, a solo exhibition by John Wentz. The show will introduce a new series of mixed media paintings examining the transitory space of the urban environment.

“Navigation Unknown” expands the artist’s ongoing exploration of portraiture through process and mark making. Wentz’s expressive style delicately balances loose and defined detail, creating human likeness within gestural abstraction. Influenced by his recent time spent in New York, the work is a direct response to the physical textures of the city. Wentz collages advertisements, spray paint and other media to construct dimensional portraits, physically unifying the paintings to their references. 

“Navigation Unknown” offers a dynamic observation of the passerby by focusing on the encounters of individuals converging in spaces of transience. The exhibition is twofold, featuring micro and macro perspectives. Dynamic narrative scenes are paired with stripped down portraits of individual passengers. Each piece employs the viewer’s own projection onto the subjects, allowing an emotive recognition to exude from the figures. Wentz elaborates, “I think it’s a really vulnerable state to be in when you’re neither here nor there, so to speak. People in transit are unrooted… We are in a constant flux going from point A to point B. I’m interested in the area between those two points.” 

Please join us for “Navigation Unknown”, opening Saturday, August 5 with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm, where the artist will be in attendance. This exhibition will be on view through Saturday, August 26. For more information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email us at info@hashimotocontemporary.com.

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John was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked in the commercial arts as a muralist, billboard creator and freelance illustrator before becoming a full time artist. 

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Hashimoto Contemporary is located in San Francisco, CA. Our roster consists of an eclectic blend of new contemporary artists. With monthly rotating exhibitions, our programming focuses on a range of painting, sculpture and installation-based work. You can also visit us at a variety of international art fairs in Miami, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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