Only a Jackass Signs Twice 3/20/21

Joe Andoe

Only a Jackass Signs Twice 3/20/21, 2021101.6 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
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This contemporary artwork depicts a striking portrait of a donkey against a vibrant blue background. The painting showcases the artist's skilled use of color, with the white, fuzzy texture of the donkey's coat contrasting beautifully with the deep, saturated blue of the canvas. The composition emphasizes the donkey's head and large, expressive eyes, creating a captivating and emotive image. The artist's distinctive style, which appears to blend realism and abstraction, suggests an intention to draw attention to the inherent beauty and character of this humble animal. This artwork offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on a familiar subject matter. ...

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Joe Andoe
Artist
Joe Andoe
B.1955, American

Joe Andoe’s body of work includes paintings, drawings, videos, and writings. His figurative painting is almost exclusively monochrome. He uses a reductive technique where he covers the entire canvas with thick black oil paint and then wipes it off with his hands or a paper towel, bringing images out of the darkness. The result is a slightly evanescent effect, an enigmatic and texturally minimalistic painting. His subjects – flowers, landscapes, roadsides, cows and calves, and totemic animals such as horses, wolves and bears – are symbols of a powerful, idealized and obsolete America. Although those subjects are unmistakably drawn from the American vernacular, it is evident that beyond the banal and the everyday, Andoe is also engaged in depicting the sublime and the spiritual. He has the ability to detect the idiosyncratic appeal of the most mundane and simple sources and to employ them in the reflection on art. Andoe has fused post-modern figurative painting with views rooted in the Old West. His works evoke the days when cowboys and their loyal horses flashed across the big screen at the drive-in, and the world was still black and white. His universe has emerged as one great depiction of the American spirit and its iconography. He is not an ironic artist, and he is not satirizing the old days – on the contrary, he keeps thinking about them. The strong faces of wolves and horses that gaze directly at him as he coaxes them to life are both here and not here. That is where the poignancy resides in his work, in his pursuit of an absence. ...

Joe Andoe: Artworks
Catskills Series #4
Joe AndoeCatskills Series #4, 20058500 USD
Catskills Series #8
Joe AndoeCatskills Series #8, 20078500 USD
Catskills Series #7
Joe AndoeCatskills Series #7, 20068500 USD
Catskills Series #9
Joe AndoeCatskills Series #9, 2007Price on Request
Double Horse
Joe AndoeDouble Horse, 2006Price on Request
Untitled
Joe AndoeUntitled, 2004Price on Request
Leslie Lee 2/13/18
Joe AndoeLeslie Lee 2/13/18, 2018Price on Request
Beast Mode #1
Joe AndoeBeast Mode #1, 2018Price on Request
Sunflowers
Joe AndoeSunflowers, 2010Price on Request
Untitled
Joe AndoeUntitled, 2019Price on Request
Man O War 6/16/19
Joe AndoeMan O War 6/16/19, 2019Price on Request
Cadillac 6/11/19
Joe AndoeCadillac 6/11/19, 2019Price on Request
Monte Carlo 4/15/19
Joe AndoeMonte Carlo 4/15/19, 201912000 USD
Lake View 9/20/21
Joe AndoeLake View 9/20/21, 202116000 USD
Only a Jackass Signs Twice 3/20/21
Joe AndoeOnly a Jackass Signs Twice 3/20/21, 2021Price on Request
Horse 9/22/22 #2
Joe AndoeHorse 9/22/22 #2, 202218000 USD