Lance Wynn

Lance Wynn’s main goal is to talk about art as an activity. He is more concerned with the process of art making, rather than specifics concerning the composition of the final product. Wynn uses unique phrases to describe how he believes his art to function, such as paint as an “ectoplasm” and art as the “inner being chewing out of your arm.” The “ectoplasm” refers to the way Wynn views paint or another medium. His inspirations include Jasper Johns. He likes his American Flag piece in which he uses an already established symbol in a different visual language. He says he used Johns as a starting point, and followed a path to something new. Jasper Johns used as object that worked within his time period, but Wynn said he struggles to find an image that can still be successful in our digital age.
Wynn discussed his Vietnam sculpture, in which he turned the infamous photograph into a toy army figure. I thought this was a really interesting idea. Transforming a powerful image like the Vietnam photograph into a product that is mass produced and considered a toy for children is a dramatic choice.
Wynn frequently uses font within his pieces. His “Just a thought” piece, in which he traces the phrase over and over until the piece become something that he never planned out. This font, he says, becomes a material in itself. I enjoyed his comment about how he generates pieces out of nervousness and error. I can relate to this happening. Frequently, in my artwork, I can find beauty within my mistakes.