Artist Andrew Sendor in his Brooklyn studio.
Image courtesy Art + Auction, March 2015
Photorealist painter Andrew Sendor is known to produce black-and-white paintings from fictive documentaries. These still moments depict a cast of characters that populate Sendor’s stories, drawing the viewer into the artist’s world where time is questioned and history is clearly referenced.
“I don’t like to use the word fiction“, says Sendor. He continues, “People who look for symbolic meanings fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the image. No doubt they sense this mystery, but they wish to get rid of it. They are afraid. But if you approach a painting as if there isn’t a puzzle to be solved, then other things will happen.” It’s as if the artist is teaching us to release a completely analytic worldview, showing us a new way to experience reality.
“We were mesmerized – dazzled, even.” says his dealer Angela Westwater. Certainly his draftsmanship is amazing and narratives are oftentimes an enigma.
Enjoy more about this great artist’s work here.
Installation view: (left) Performance with The Grand Master Cryptologist, (right) Onora Afua, Un-thinkable, 2033, single channel video projection, duration 52:55 2012, oil on linen mounted to panel, 21 x 23 inches.
Installation view: Antiseptic Beauty and Fame, Unknown artist, 2031, cell cast acrylic, dimensions variable, Acceptance, Marcela Marcela, 2029, c-print, 160 x 620 cm (63″ X 244″, 2010, oil on linen mounted to panel, 26 x 20 inches.
Images courtesy Jeffrey Sturges, Andrew Sendor and Sperone Westwater.
Installation view: Alton Ambrose Booker, Artist Unknown, 2027, human being, horse and mixed media, dimensions variable, This is not a room, Giles Godfrey, 2026, 2 channel video projection
2011, oil on linen mounted to panel
20 x 14 inches
Image courtesy of the artist.
Installation view of Andrew Sendor “Delicates” at Sperone Westwater, February 28 – April 11, 2015
Image courtesy of Sperone Westwater