Karl Haendel

Overview

Karl Haendel is an American artist known for his thought-provoking hyperrealistic drawings. They delve into themes such as culture, politics, and identity. His large-scale, detailed graphite works often incorporate imagery from a variety of cultural, historical and personal sources. His works invite viewers to reevaluate the context and significance of well-known images, stimulating reflection on societal norms and power dynamics.

Karl Haendel was born 1976 in New York. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Haendel has participated in numerous international group exhibitions at renowned institutions. These include the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, US | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US | Drawing Center, New York, US | Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, NO | Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, FR | New Museum, New York, US | Serpentine Gallery, London, GB | Herning Museum of Contemporary Art; Herning, DK and Kunsthalle Bielefeld, DE.

Notable solo museum shows include LAXArt in Los Angeles, US | Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, US | Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Los Angeles, US | Kimball Art Center, Park City, US.

Karl Haendel’s works are held in collections of major international museums such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA | Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO | Collection Lambert, Avignon, FR | Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, DE | Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston, US | Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Berlin, DE | Guggenheim Museum, New York, US | Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US | Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, FR / San Francisco, US | Kunsthalle Bielefeld,DE | La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, MX | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US | Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, US | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US | Museum of Modern Art, New York, US | Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, CH | Sammlung Wemhöner, DE | Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, US | Perez Art Museum, Miami, US | Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK | RISD Museum, Providence, US | Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US.

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