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ADAPTATION SYNDROME | Painting in Contemporary Image Culture
John Pomara
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Nose-job, 2004
Enamel on metal, 72" x 42"
Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Courtesy Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
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Creating his visual subject matter by moving photographs of medical imagery across a photocopier, John Pomara implants gesture, capriciousness, and uncertainty into medical fact. He constructs a fluid dialogue between both the processes and the literal surfaces of photography and painting, establishing cool fields of horizontal “zips” in flux.
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