John De Andrea Explained
John De Andrea (born November 24, 1941) is an American sculptor known for his realistic sculptures of human figures, dressed or nude and in true-to-life postures.
Life
De Andrea was born in Denver, Colorado, on November 24, 1941.[2] [3] He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder and studied at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque on an art scholarship, 1966–8. He lives in Denver.[4]
Work and themes
De Andrea is an artistic representative of Hyperrealism and the Hyperrealism school of art, and specializes in nudes, frequently lovers, which he makes from plastic, polyester, glass fiber with natural hair and painted after naturalistic gypsum castings. His work is often associated with that of Duane Hanson and George Segal.[5] [6]
In documenta 5 in Kassel 1972,[7] he presented Arden Andersen and Nora Murphy, a hyper-realistic sculpture of a couple in the act of love-making, made from bodycasts rendered in polyester resin.[8] [9]
This alienation between the lovers and their incurable misfortune becomes even clearer with his 1978 work on display in Aachen, entitled The Couple. The man is not only fully dressed and the woman naked, but she clings to him, while he touches her only minimally, in order to not induce an open rejection.[10]
De Andrea's works based on the sculptor and his model are characterized by a sober, professional relationship between the man and the woman; the artist concentrates on his work or rather is shown in situations, where he withdraws within himself to a meditative posture, and retreats into himself, in order to collect his energy and concentration for further work.[11] [12]
Collections
De Andrea's work is included in the numerous permanent collections, including:
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Roy T. Matthews. F. DeWitt Platt. The Western Humanities. 1997. Mayfield Publishing. 978-1-55934-433-3.
- Book: Frank Henry Goodyear. Seven on the figure: Jack Beal, William Beckman, Joan Brown, John Deandrea, Willem de Kooning, Stephen Destaebler, Ben Kamihira, September 20 – December 16, 1979. 1979. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
- Book: Richard Kostelanetz. A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. 13 May 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-80620-9. 2ff.
- http://www.meiselgallery.com/lkmg/artist/bio.php?aid=34 Biography, publications, exhibitions, bibliography
- Book: Joan M. Marter. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. 2011. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-533579-8. 1–.
- Book: Joe Sutliff Sanders. The Comics of Hergé: When the Lines Are Not So Clear. 28 July 2016. University Press of Mississippi. 978-1-4968-0727-4. 66ff.
- Book: John L. Plews. Diana Spokiene. Translation and Translating in German Studies: A Festschrift for Raleigh Whitinger. 8 November 2016. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. 978-1-77112-230-6. 191ff.
- Book: James Voorhies. Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form Since 1968. 24 February 2017. MIT Press. 978-0-262-03552-1. 89ff.
- Book: Richard Conte. Sandrine Morsillo. Centre d'études et de recherches en arts plastiques (Paris). Qu'est-ce que l'art domestique?. 2006. Publications de la Sorbonne. 978-2-85944-553-9. 66ff.
- http://www.ludwigforum.de/content/mus/lufo/sammlung/schwerpunkte/usa/andrea.html John de Andrea
- http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/collections/C_deandrea.asp John De Andrea Allegory:after Courbet 1988.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110727030429/http://www.tu-cottbus.de/theoriederarchitektur/wolke/deu/Themen/961/kerber/Andrea.gif John de Andrea, Sculptor and model
- Web site: John De Andrea | Self-Portrait with Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 27 November 2023.
- Ursula Peters: John De Andrea. In: Handbuch Museum Ludwig. Kunst des 20. Jahrhundert. Cologne 1979; p. 50
- Web site: Ludwig Forum. ludwigforum.de.
- Web site: John DeAndrea. portlandartmuseum.us.
- Web site: Color in Modern Sculpture (Visit the Getty). www.getty.edu.
- Web site: Garnet – Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. museum.cornell.edu.
- Web site: Why John DeAndrea's Linda sculpture won't be seen at the Denver Art Museum anytime soon. Bree. Davies. 8 November 2011.
