publication
KARL HAENDEL
Karl Haendel - Drawing History

01.01.2018

Drawing History

Based in Los Angeles, conceptual artist Karl Haendel (* 1976, New York) is known for his large-scale graphite drawings, installations, videos, and public projects. His practice is driven by his interest in the semiotic function of images and texts: how they are used to form both personal and cultural meaning, values, and beliefs. Pulling from a broad-ranging and idiosyncratic archive of found, stock, and self-made images, Haendel’s works engage in a critical assessment and interpretation of themes ranging from masculinity to ethical responsibility and the mediation of political events and public personas. This publication is the first monograph on Haendel’s work. It assembles his oeuvre from the years 2000 to 2017 and offers new insight into his multivalent practice.

Publ. by Hatje Cantz, ed. Wentrup Gallery, texts by Christian Rattemeyer, Rita Gonzalez, graphic design by Jesse Willenbring

English

  1. 208 pp., 200 ills.

softcover

24.00 x 29.00 cm

ISBN 978-3-7757-4371-6