John DeAndrea

Exhibited by Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois

Material Polychrome bronze with acrylic hair

Dimensions 172 x 47 x 42 cm

Status Not Vetted

About the Work

John DeAndrea creates sculptures so lifelike one expects them to breathe; subject and representation are amalgamated in an illusion meant to preserve the exact likeness of a loved being. DeAndrea’s technical feat imbues the classical nude with details – birthmarks, wrinkles, and other flaws – which turn away from idealized representation in favor of sheer realism, while echoing the works of predecessors such as Aristide Maillol, whose work is compared - and contrasted - with DeAndrea's on our booth.

Provenance

Artist's studio

Literature

Exhibitions (selection)

2019
Reshaped Reality. 50 years of Hyperrealistic sculpture (touring)
Hyperrealism Sculpture: ceci n’est pas mon corps, La Boverie, Liège BE

2018
Hyperrealism Sculpture, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
Almost Alive. Hyperrealistic sculpture, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, DE
2017
Gosh! Is It Alive?, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, DK
Hyper Real, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AUS

2016
50 años de escultura hiperrealista (touring), Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, ES;
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, MX

Bibliography (selection)

2019
Hyper-realism Sculpture: ceci n’est pas mon corps, Exh. Cat., La Boverie, Liège, Brussels, p. 103

2018
John DeAndrea, Exh. Cat., Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris, p. 85
Otto Letze, Emily Ansenk, Franklin Hill Perrell, Marieke Jooren, Hyper Realism Sculpture, Exh. Cat, Kunsthal Rotterdam, pp. 73, 125

2017
Otto Letze, Argiro Mavromatis, Christian Gether, Naja Rasmussen, Gosh! It’s Alive ? Exh. Cat., ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Tübingen, p. 43
Otto Letze, Jaklyn Babingteon, Hyper Real, Exh. Cat, National Gallery of Australia, Parkes, p. 51

2016
Otto Letze, Franklin Hill Perrell, Argiro Mavromatis, Kirsten Pick, 50 años de escultura hiperrealista, Exh. Cat., Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, pp. 48-49