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Justice

 

In Justice, John Romi approaches systemic equilibrium as a precarious, physical balancing act. The visual field is engineered around a striking, heavily textured central vertical fissure—a literal spatial rupture dividing the grid.

Flanking this dark central core, Romi deploys massive, converging architectural entities rendered in high-contrast beige, crimson, and deep blue frequencies. These rigid, faceted planes lean into the central axis, intentionally subjected to asymmetric, load-bearing stress. This highly calculated visual imbalance does not represent a moral struggle; it mathematically maps the immense physical tension required to maintain structural integrity against entropic forces.

Romi translates the abstract syntax of jurisprudence into a heavy, unyielding Data-Brick, visually codifying the physical weight required to prevent a thermodynamic shift.

 

Justice

2024

Acrylic on canvas - Mixed Media

40 x 30 inch (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

 

 

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