Below Horizon.
Beneath the surface.
Behind the idea.
Under the ground.
Uncomfortable color.
Slippery strategy.
Angry optimism.
A misunderstanding.

 

 

Brandon Anschultz (b. 1972) lives and works in St. Louis.  He attended Washington University in St. Louis and Louisiana Tech University.  Past solo exhibitions include Suddenly Last Summer at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis;  Pacer at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Stick Around for Joy at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis and Longue Vue House and Garden, New Orleans; and Round at White Flag Projects, St. Louis.  Group exhibitions include New American Painting, Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum; The Tyranny of Good Taste, La Esquina, Kansas City & Columbia College, Chicago; All That Heaven Allows, Fort Gondo, St. Louis; All Good Things Become Wild and Free, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Die Erklärte Ausstellung, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; Violence at the Exhibition Agency, Chicago;  Due Diligence Done, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia; Jasmine, Plus B, Front Desk Apparatus, New York City; Amass at Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles and Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis.

 

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Double Bend, The Tip, 2015, wood, paint, colored pencil, 40 x 14 x 142 inches
Below Horizon, 2015, acrylic, enamel, gouache, gesso on canvas, 36 x 33 inches

 

 

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Double Bend, The Tip, (detail view)

 

 

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Below Horizon

 

 

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Below Horizon, (detail view)

 

 

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Below Horizon, (detail view)

 

 

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Curve and Bend, 2015, wood, paint, 36 x 7 x 136 inches

 

 

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Pink Inside, 2015, wood, paint, glass, 5 x 7 x 7 inches

 

 

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Putty, 2015, wood, wire, latex paint, 12 x 12 x 18 inches

 

 

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Putty, (alternate view)

 

 

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White Under Canvas, 2015, acrylic and enamel on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

 

 

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White Under Canvas, (detail view)

 

 

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Canvas on Linen (AKA Pocket), 2015, acrylic on linen, 8 1/2 x 11 inches

 

 

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Spearmint, 2015, oil, acrylic, gouache on canvas, 8 1/2 x 11 inches

 

 

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Blue Double Pull, 2015, acrylic, gouache on MDF, 14 x 12 inches

 

 

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For El, For H.O., 2015, acrylic, gesso, gouache on canvas, 17 x 15 inches

 

 

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Thump, 2015, oil, gesso, acrylic, gouache on linen, 15 x 12 inches

 

 

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Rod, 2015, metal hardware and Pyrex rod, 6 x 1 x 60 inches

 

 

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Black Star, 2015, steel, shoe, latex paint, 12 x 12 x 18 inches

 

 

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Black Star, (alternate view)