All images courtesy of Jen DeNike, Anat Ebgi Gallery and LAND.

All images courtesy of Jen DeNike, Anat Ebgi Gallery and LAND.

NYC/LA artist Jen DeNike draws for a legacy of literature, film and pop culture archetypes in her layered photography, sculpture and performative works. Creating new mythologies or cultural narratives that spin out of her own very personal experiences, relationships and intimacies, DeNike’s vision brings out a sort of surrealistic quality. Aside from the heavily layered visuals and stories, there is a graceful rhythmic quality to all of DeNike’s works, which makes one think she has a background in dance or choreography. But for DeNike, as she explained when we talked via phone, it is more about capturing the filmic moment, or what Deleuze refers to as “crystal-image.”

“Steve Reich early 60’s sound pieces (‘Come Out’ & ‘It’s Gonna Rain’)  influenced my early video works,” she says. “In particular what Reich did with his works extracting sound bites from real events and creating something new through repetition until it becomes something else.”

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