Andie Freeman, Breakfast Time, detail; Sam van Strien, work from Rendering series, detail
In the Building
Works by Andie Freeman + Sam van Strien
Corridors
This season, the corridors features work by Artspace artist Andie Freeman and community artist Sam van Strien.
Andie Freeman starts her works with an under-painting in which the canvas is entirely covered with paint, from which she then works to pull the light away from the dark. Her works are planned out meticulously ahead of time to focus on the visual poetry of light and dark in the composition. Texture and color of the background are as much a part of the finished piece as the foreground and the subject matter. Freeman is a member of the Oil Painters of America and received a BFA in Studio Art, with an emphasis on life drawing and oils, from the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.
Sam van Strien is a visual artist who examines the relationship between architecture, finance, and capitalism. In his research and studio-based practice, he employs various techniques, such as rubbings from buildings, laser-cut engravings of photographs, and drawings sourced from archival records. His work serves as documents, records, and visual remnants of our built environment, questioning whether the essence of architecture can be truly captured through mediated images, or if it exists only as concrete matter, as a place we can touch and see.
Sam received his MFA in Painting & Drawing from Ohio State University and his BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins. His artwork has been exhibited internationally and he has completed several residencies, most recently at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, New York, with the support of Arts Council England and the Netherland-America Foundation.