All artworks by Rein Nomm
Digital Paintings • 40 artworks
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Digital works painted with a graphics tablet and stylus.
ConcreteThoughts • 35 artworks
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Abstract sculptures created from stone, clay, wire, wax and natural objects.
Images of Ideas • 30 artworks
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Photographic images of conceptual works.
Folds in Space • 30 artworks
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The objects depicted in my "Folds in Space" series now exist only as photographs. To create them, I [...]
The objects depicted in my "Folds in Space" series now exist only as photographs. To create them, I took various types of paper (copier paper, paper towels, color-coated and metallic coated papers), both full sheets and cut strips, and glued them into various shapes. I then lit them and photographed them against a black or white background. I took the resulting images and mirrored them onto themselves. Many of these images have a classical or mathematical elegance and some of them serendipitously have taken on a representational quality.
Fractals - A Calculated Art • 45 artworks
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I created these works by starting with random iterated functional sequences (IFS) which I then manipulated [...]
I created these works by starting with random iterated functional sequences (IFS) which I then manipulated with a graphics tablet and stylus and worked, much like a sculptor carving a form out of a block of wood or stone, to create the stylistically varied images you see here. Each signed and numbered print is from a very limited edition of 10.
Fluid Moments • 37 artworks
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These Fluid Paintings are a visual exploration of the relationship of transience and permanence in art. [...]
These Fluid Paintings are a visual exploration of the relationship of transience and permanence in art. The original “painting” for each work was short lived, enduring in its liquid state for only a few seconds. The images I recorded with the camera are the two-dimensional records of three-dimensional fluid works that ceased to exist almost as soon as I created them. Each photograph, however, has become a distinct, and now more permanent, work in its own right. These images are the only trace of the original artwork’s short-lived existence and exemplify the role of art in creating the illusion of permanence in a transitory world.
Ideas in the Abstract • 50 artworks
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I am an artist and visual explorer who uses the brush, the chisel, the camera, and the computer to create and capture new and often experimental visual ideas. My work has evolved from recording the beauty and variety of the external world as it presented itself to creating my own imaginary worlds, as evidenced in my recent paintings, sculptures and digital works. I don't have a readily identifiable style, but some of my works do embody undercurrents of Expressionism, Dada, and Lyrical Abstractionism; as well as reflecting my Northern European roots and the influences of a formal graduate education in art history and philosophy.
My work has been displayed or published by a variety of organizations including: the Saatchi Gallery Online, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the BBC Collective Gallery; Downtown LA Life Magazine International; Boletin del Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Historico (PH 60) in Seville, Spain; Green Hills Literary Lantern, Detroit Free Press, File Magazine, Flak Photo, the permanent collection of the Meteor Photo Gallery, and the Agitatto Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. My work is also in private collections in Europe and the U.S. I have shown my work in a one-man show and in numerous group shows in the US.
I am a self-taught artist who has been honing his artistic skills for over 35 years. I have worked as a professional photographer, off and on, for the past 18 years, undertaking assignments as diverse as architectural photography, executive portraits, special events and product packaging. I also have taught art history, philosophy and logic at various colleges and universities in Michigan and was chairman of the Humanities department at Duns Scotus College in the 1970s. I have two Masters degrees, one in Humanities and the other in Philosophy from Wayne State University.
I was born in a displaced persons (DP) camp in Augsburg, Germany of Estonian parents, and I immigrated to the United States in 1950. I grew up in Detroit and currently live in Plymouth, Michigan with my wife. My website, which was originally posted in 1995, has been viewed by over 4 million people worldwide.
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- Date of birth : 1945
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- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Rein Nomm Visual Explorer
I am an artist and visual explorer who uses the brush, the chisel, the camera, and the computer to create and capture new and often experimental visual ideas. My work has evolved from recording the beauty and variety of the external world as it presented itself to creating my own imaginary worlds, as evidenced in my recent paintings, sculptures and digital works. I don't have a readily identifiable style, but some of my works do embody undercurrents of Expressionism, Dada, and Lyrical Abstractionism; as well as reflecting my Northern European roots and the influences of a formal graduate education in art history and philosophy.
My work has been displayed or published by a variety of organizations including: the Saatchi Gallery Online, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the BBC Collective Gallery; Downtown LA Life Magazine International; Boletin del Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Historico (PH 60) in Seville, Spain; Green Hills Literary Lantern, Detroit Free Press, File Magazine, Flak Photo, the permanent collection of the Meteor Photo Gallery, and the Agitatto Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. My work is also in private collections in Europe and the U.S. I have shown my work in a one-man show and in numerous group shows in the US.
I am a self-taught artist who has been honing his artistic skills for over 35 years. I have worked as a professional photographer, off and on, for the past 18 years, undertaking assignments as diverse as architectural photography, executive portraits, special events and product packaging. I also have taught art history, philosophy and logic at various colleges and universities in Michigan and was chairman of the Humanities department at Duns Scotus College in the 1970s. I have two Masters degrees, one in Humanities and the other in Philosophy from Wayne State University.
I was born in a displaced persons (DP) camp in Augsburg, Germany of Estonian parents, and I immigrated to the United States in 1950. I grew up in Detroit and currently live in Plymouth, Michigan with my wife. My website, which was originally posted in 1995, has been viewed by over 4 million people worldwide.
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