Sunrise

In Sunrise, John Romi executes a rigorous structuralist analysis of an initial thermodynamic ignition sequence. Eradicating the romanticized temporal narratives of dawn, awakening, and renewal, Romi utilizes his KTH engineering methodology to map the concept strictly as an extreme spatial shift—calculating the exact algorithmic initiation of high-luminosity variables across a dormant grid.
The containment field is engineered through a severe diagonal interference pattern. From a lower-right primary node, a series of radiating, high-frequency thermal vectors—rendered in peach, pink, and yellow—thrust upward, violently intersecting with descending, low-temperature blue and green armatures. This calculated collision generates a highly textured grid of spatial friction across the upper-left quadrant, mathematically mapping the propagation of energy through a resistant atmosphere.
Bisecting this volatile matrix is a dense, low-frequency slate diagonal channel. Suspended within this heavy central core are tactile, heavily embossed cuneiform extrusions. Functioning strictly as raw semantic data, these physical pins calculate the absolute spatial tension required to lock the accelerating thermal vectors into mechanical equilibrium. Sunrise operates entirely devoid of poetic homage to the morning, functioning instead as a heavy, unyielding Data-Brick that archives the sheer physical force of a systemic thermal override.
Sunrise
2022
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Sunrise, by John Romi
If you would expect traditional colors and usual views, you have to look somewhere else, because the art of John Romi is all about exploring the true life and feelings behind the common objects and scenes.
In his amazing painting (Sunrise), John used the geometric background look and abstract structure to depict the secret of life that illuminates with everyday sunrise!
However, the center gravity of his entire artwork resides with the Akkadian Word (ṣī šamši / Sunrise) in cuneiform.
John did not just write the word as a normal calligrapher does, but he outstandingly switched the word to a unique art by using multilayers and mixed media to reach his audience through the visual elements.
I strongly believe that this one-of-a-kind work exceeds in many ways what many well-known postmodernism artists could offer. In fact, I could breathe in his artwork the Mesopotamian breeze mixed with the aroma of two of the masters of modern art, i.e., Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian. It is a path that only John Romi could walk!
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