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Justin Henry Miller’s paintings are meticulously rendered, finely wrought realist sci-fi fantasies of a bio-medical graveyard that take place in the (maybe not so distant) future: after the experiments have concluded and the labs have been abando... Read more
Preview New Works: www.zggallery.com/miller.htm
Justin Henry Miller’s paintings are meticulously rendered, finely wrought realist sci-fi fantasies of a bio-medical graveyard that take place in the (maybe not so distant) future: after the experiments have concluded and the labs have been abandoned. Failed experiments are mixed with semi-successful results in the now defunct paraphernalia and discarded equipment of bio-medical waste. Fetal tissue and synthetic organs are encased forever in a state of suspended animation. Artificial respiration, insemination, and even perspiration are machine generated in self sustaining perpetuity.
Miller witnessed – first hand – the hyper manipulation of nature and the natural process for human use on his father’s horse farm. Livestock are routinely subject to selective breeding, artificial insemination, ultrasound scanning and inoculations solely for commercial purposes. What initially begins as harmless bio-mimicry; creating a better future through chemistry and technology, devolves into a dystopia, rife with the cast-offs of unintended consequences and a garbage dump heap of bionic refuse stacked and left to rust and rot in the landscape.
In addition to the paintings are a series of found antique and vintage photographs of individuals and families, altered with the same fastidiously painted surfaces that Justin uses in his original compositions. He delights in the absurd results of combining Victorian poses, restraint and correctness with mutant children and sea creatures as hats. Miller received his B.A. from Eastern Illinois University and his M.F.A. from The University of Notre Dame. This will be Miller’s first solo exhibition with Zg Gallery.
