Overview

Karl Haendel (b. 1976, New York City, USA, lives and works in Los Angeles, USA) is an American artist known for his thought-provoking hyperrealistic drawings. Haendel delves into themes of culture, politics and identity. His large-scale, detailed graphite works often incorporate imagery from a variety of historical and personal sources, inviting viewers to reevaluate the context and significance of well-known images, stimulating reflection on societal norms and power dynamics.

 

Haendel has participated in numerous international group exhibitions, including Aspen Art Museum; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Drawing Center, New York; Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice; New Museum, New York; Serpentine Galleries, London; Herning Museum of Contemporary Art and Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Notable solo museum shows include LAXArt, Los Angeles; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Kimball Art Center, Park City. Haendel’s works are held in collections of major international museums such as Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Collection Lambert, Avignon; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt; Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum, Boston; Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris; Kunsthalle Bielefeld; La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano; Sammlung Wemhöner; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach; Perez Art Museum, Miami; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; RISD Museum, Providence; Rubell Family Collection, Miami and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Works
  • Lion with Mobile
    Lion with Mobile
  • sketch-lion on side with picasso
    sketch-lion on side with picasso
  • Texas State House
    Texas State House
  • Fútbol 1
    Fútbol 1
  • Hands Holding Scribble
    Hands Holding Scribble
  • Helene Shani Braun, Abraham Geiger College, University of Potsdam, 2022, pencil on paper, 103 x 85 inches
    Helene Shani Braun, Abraham Geiger College, University of Potsdam
  • Imam Seyran Ates, Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque, Berlin, 2022, pencil on paper, 103 x 84 inches (261.5 x 213.5 cm)
    Imam Seyran Ates, Ibn Rushd-Goethe Mosque, Berlin
  • Not Titled (Streisand), 2021, pencil on folded paper, 51.5 x 38 inches (131 x 96.5 cm)
    Not Titled (Streisand)
  • KH_Z_109
    Tiger with Ring
  • Bald Eagle, 2020, pencil on paper, 65.5 x 45 inches
    Bald Eagle
  • KH_Z_100
    Lion 8
  • KH_Z_102
    Mountain Lion 2
  • Tiger 2, 2019, pencil and ink on paper, 72.5 x 51.5 inches
    Tiger 2
  • Bildschirmfoto 2018-11-16 um 11.45.38[1]
    Bison 2
  • KH_Z_61
    Child King 2
  • KH_Z_94
    How Do I Sell More Art
  • KH_Z_60
    Child King
  • TGood wentrup kh-03112017-3256-Edit
    Marlene Dietrich (with cracked egg and Zoloft)
  • Rodeo 9
    Rodeo 9
  • KH_Z_59
    Two Handed (Left)
  • KH_Z_58
    Two Handed (Right)
  • Hazel's Room
    Hazel's Room
  • KHAENDEL artdoc 05 04 2016 Horse
    Rodeo
  • WENTRUP artdoc 05102016-0000-2-Edit
    Unfinished Obama (mirrored)
  • WENTRUP artdoc 03022017-518-Edit
    Killing Pablo #10(B)
  • Spaceman, 2015, pencil on paper, 73 x 52[1]
    Spaceman
  • KH_Z_19_a
    Surya #3
  • KH_Z_14
    Agni
  • KH_Z_18
    Babur #2
  • KH_Z_12
    Brahmos
  • KH_Z_29_b
    Dokken
  • Ready List, 2014, pencil and enamel on paper, 83 x 103_
    Ready List
  • Warrant, 2014, pencil and enamel on cut paper, 76 x 51.5
    Warrant
  • Foto
    Slot
  • Power Cord #3, 2011, 190 x 130.5 cm
    Power Cord #3
  • 3-Wishbone (football #2), 2011, pencil on paper, 84 x 103
    Wishbone (football #2)
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