NEVER FORGET TO REMEMBER IS A CO-SOLO SHOW FEATURING PAINTINGS BY SEAN POWELL AND SANDY KUPFER — A PAIR OF PUNK POLYGLOT PURISTS THAT OPENS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2026 FROM 7-11PM
SEAN POWELL (B1971 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA) IS A LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST WHO BEGAN PAINTING IN 2016, AND FOUND HIMSELF IN POSSESSION OF A DEVELOPED, COHERENT AND ORIGINAL STYLE. HIS BOLD, BRIGHT COLORS, CHILD-LIKE SHAPES AND COLLAGED MIXED MEDIA OFTEN BELIE HIS SUBJECT MATTER, WHICH TENDS TOWARDS DESPAIRING SELF-REFLECTION, DRUG ABUSE, BROODING VIOLENCE AND THE PARODY OF CONSUMERIST PRACTICES. NO COINCIDENCE THAT HE DELIVERED THE SAME COMMENTARY ON SOCIETY FOR DECADES IN LEGENDARY OUTSIDER BANDS. SEAN’S SEGMENTATION OF THE PAINTED CANVAS ALLOWS FOR CHAOS TO FUNCTION AT A HIGH ENERGY, AND TO EXIST AS A EUPHORIC SYMPHONY. THE FACE IS A FREQUENT MOTIF WHICH ACTS AS DOOR FOR THE VIEWER TO WALK THROUGH WHEN FIRST LOOKING AT THE WORK. THE ROOM THEY WALK INTO IS A VAST AND COLORFUL ONE, EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO COLORS. IT IS A HIGH ENERGY SPACE WITH INTENSE BRUSH STROKES THAT DEPICT BRAND LOGOS TO FACES TO ABSTRACTED SHAPES TO PATTERNS. THESE PAINTED MOTIFS ALL HAVE ONE MAIN AIM— AND THAT IS TO EXUDE IMMENSE DEEP AND HONEST EXPRESSION.
SANDY KUPFER (THEY/SHE, B1999, EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN)) IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WITH A FOCUS IN PAINTING, TATTOOING, DRAWING, AND POETRY. THEY ARE A LOS ANGELES BASED ARTIST WHO GREW UP IN PENNSYLVANIA. SANDY GRADUATED WITH A BA IN FINE ARTS FROM OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE IN 2022, AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN FINE ARTS FROM OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 2025. FIGURATION INITIATES AN ENTRY POINT FOR ENGAGING WITH DEEPER FUNCTIONS OF MY PAINTINGS. FEVERISHLY PAINTED BRUSHSTROKES BACKED BY RESTRAINT AND COLORS WHICH WALK A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN CRUDE AND ELOQUENT. THESE TECHNIQUES, AND OTHERS, ACT AS A MANNER OF ORCHESTRATING A VASTNESS OF COMPLEXITY IN A SUBVERSIVE WAY, WHICH UTILIZES SEEMINGLY SIMPLE TECHNIQUES.
THE WORKS WILL BE ON VIEW EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 1-6PM UNTIL OCTOBER 3RD & BY PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS AT ALL OTHER TIMES
FOR INQUIRIES + PRESS + PRIVATE VIEWING APPOINTMENTS CONTACT SADE-LA@SADE-LA.COM
GALLERY SADE LOS ANGELES IS LOCATED AT 204 S AVENUE 19, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 90031
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