Sean Landers 'Around the World Alone': Paintings Of An Artist Clown At Petzel Gallery In NYC

With his newest series of paintings, Around the World Alone, painter, sculptor, and video artist Sean Landers takes a new approach to his age old themes. Known for his text paintings -- canvases covered with words and some accompanying images -- Landers has made his mark as an artist working from his stream of conscious. While the Around the World Alone paintings are void of Landers' signature text technique, they continue to embody these psychological aspects, a clear representation of an artist's interior life. The series depicts a solitary clown in a boat, caught in a wild and lonely sea both literally and figuratively. The clown character, having appeared in Landers earlier work, Alone (1996), allowed the artist to, "break the mold of people's perception of me as the 'text painting guy,' helped me define myself as an image maker and emancipated my future as an artist." Each painting portrays a anguished and pensive clown, perhaps a metaphor for the artist as a lifetime searcher and adventurer.

Sean Landers, Around the World Alone, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, 537 West 22nd st., New York, NY, 10011, May 6- June 18, 2011.

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Sean Landers Around the World Alone (The Holy Hermit) 2011 Oil on linen 68 x 52 inches 172.7 x 132.1 cm

Sean Landers
Around the World Alone (The Holy Hermit)
2011
Oil on linen
68 x 52 inches
172.7 x 132.1 cm

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[SeanMartin]

06:31 AM on 06/03/2011

I know scores of professional illustrators whose work is far better than this and who will never be seen in the galleries or on the pages of HP because they're not "artists", as this fellow claims to be. There's nothing here of any serious merit, sorry, just a guy with connections and a modicum of talent.

[bgofca]

01:22 AM on 05/24/2011

love art? visit your local galleries, especially ones that show local artists on consignment. You will find all kinds of interesting art and you'll be helping an artist continue bringing more art into the world.

[jdevans]

11:26 AM on 05/24/2011

And by looking at lots of art, both good and bad, we educate ourselves as to what's good and what's bad and why.

[fakeleg]

11:23 PM on 05/23/2011

It is called Petzel gallery not Pretzel Gallery.

[doinaheckuvanutjob]

08:45 PM on 05/23/2011

Seriously, this isn't art, this is no better than dogs playing poker, and the dogs are more humorous and better portrayed. Really, this is 'art' for people who love velvet elvises and orphans with balloons that glow in the dark. It doesn't even have the camp value of all of the above, just a strained badness in a blatant commercial attempt to appeal to people who have no understanding of the arts.

[wvprogressive2011]

02:28 PM on 05/22/2011

This is absurdist, and I'm in love.