Riverside Drive
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We are pleased to present the second solo exhibition by Joe Andoe at the gallery.
This new series of paintings addresses recurring themes that the artist holds dear: landscapes, totem animals (wolves, horses, buffalos), but also American cars driving through the night. As symbols of a powerful, idealized and obsolete America, these subjects are instilled in Andoe’s work with a certain tenderness – in the animals’ gaze as well as in how colors and textures are treated. As recollections and visions of the past.
Like ghosts – a bit ironic but in particular relieved of any conquering desire – they float lightly in the light and stand out from the almost always dark or monochrome backgrounds. A new series of landscapes titled Riverside Drive, – which lends its title to the exhibition – reverses the relationship to light by using multicolored backgrounds. This series is part of the artist’s continuing theme of “roadsides”, highly cinematic visions that also symbolize a certain view of America.
“Riverside drive is a poem or an essence; not the thing but the feeling I get from it.” (Joe Andoe, 2019)
Joe Andoe, Red Wolf, 2019
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Featured Works
2019
Oil on canvas
170 x 152,5 cm / 67 x 60 in.