Tom Sanford
Amerikansk kunstner.
(1975-nu)
Den amerikanske kunstner, Tom Sanford, blev født i New York i 1975 og tilbragte sine formative år i Storbritannien.
Han har boet i Harlem siden 1994.
Selvom han generelt betragtes som en eneboer, har han udstillet kunstværker internationalt i løbet af de sidste to årtier.
Tom var repræsenteret af det danske absolutte topgalleri, Galleri Faurschou indtil 2007.
"Stand by 200 minutes"
Tom Sanford
"Stand by 200 Minutes"
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152,5 x 101,5 cm
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About Tom Sanford
ANYONE SEEKING EVIDENCE OF THE 21ST CENTURY’S INHERENT DEGENERACY NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE BRAIN-SQUIRTINGS OF TOM SANFORD.
THE ARTIST FANCIES HIMSELF A CHRONICLER OF MODERN LIFE—TRAINING HIS PERVERTED EYE ON LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD NOBODIES AS WELL AS POP-CULTURAL ICONS AND OTHER ARTISTS MORE JUSTIFIABLY FAMOUS THAN HE IS, LIKE ALEX KATZ OR NICOLE EISENMANN.
WHAT ARE WE TO MAKE OF THESE GRACELESS GROTESQUES? IF THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST IS TO HOLD A MIRROR UP TO SOCIETY, THEN THIS MIRROR SHOULD MAKE CIVILIZED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WANT TO PUKE.
SANFORD’S RUBBERY FACED AVATARS MAKE ME APPRECIATE THIS PAST YEAR OF QUARANTINE, WHEN I COULD JUST HIBERNATE IN MY APARTMENT AND FORGET THE HUMAN PAGEANT THAT NEW YORK CITY NORMALLY IS.
MAYBE HE LOVES THIS STUFF—THE THRILL OF ENCOUNTERING ‘A TOTAL CHARACTER’ AT ONE’S LOCAL ‘DIVE BAR,’ SAY—BUT SANFORD’S PAINTINGS MAINLY REMIND ME OF WHY IT’S SAFER TO STAY INDOORS.
-SCOTT INDRISEK, FORMER ART MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, NOW A TOTAL SELL-OUT WORKING FOR AN INSURANCE STARTUP