Karl Haendel

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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.