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About Andrew

Baltimore City
Andrew Flanders is a sculptor whose works trasnsition between object, furniture, installation to explore the deliriously masculine, and idiosyncracies within craft and trade psychoses.  He received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), studied woodworking at Craft Schools such as Arrowmont School of Crafts and Penland School of Crafts, attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the National Youngarts Foundation in Paris,… more
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Bygones

A sensitivity to craft is not mutually exclusive to a sensitivity to social issues within the generations past of craft pedagogy.

I've created a series of transgressive sculptural bygones critiquing toxic social behavior in the older fragile mindset of a hegemonic masculine craft. Tiptoeing between off kilter and traditional approaches to craft and construction, followed by blemished finish and paint, the resulting forms drift between too specific and too broad in regard to function. The gross idiosyncrasies in sexism, aggression, sexualization, homophobia and objectification are ultimately collaged and visualized in my work. Reflecting older craftsmen in a progressive era, toxicity is veiled within the peculiar.
  • Bramble
    Bramble
    Cherry, Red Oak, Iron Oxide, Cotton Strapping / 27” x 14.5” x 10.5” / 2019
  • Strong Armed Benji
    Strong Armed Benji
    Assorted Hardwoods, Reed, Milk Paint. / 25.5” x 20.5” x 14” / 2019
  • Scuttlebutt
    Scuttlebutt
    Mahogany, Plywood, Milk Paint, Poplar / 20” x 10” x 13” / 2019
  • Alleycat
    Alleycat
    Reed, Assorted Hardwoods, Milk Paint, MDF. Plywood / 32” x 21” x 17” / 2019
  • Wishbone Spitoon
    Wishbone Spitoon
    Mahogany, Ash, Cherry, Plywood, Titebond II, Milkpaint / 30” x 12” x 6.5” / 2019
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