A compilation of dark and depressive art. 1. Oraison Funèbre – La Forteresse Élevée 2. Sociopath – Anxiety 3. Ossadogva – IA Hastur 4. Circle Of Ghosts – The Stairwell Leads Nowhere 5. Leben Des Todes – Farewell 6. Garden Of Sadness – Transitory Happiness 7. Vildfaren – Spirits of Autumnal Grief 8. Marks of the Masochist – The Few Have Been Set Aflame 9. When Mine Eyes Blacken – The Light of those Who Failed 10. Vergänglichkeit – Am Portal
Part of Laudenslager’s Hokusai series, this beautifully balanced sculpture is made of titanium and stainless steel and is wind activated. Subtle arcs spin and interact, regrouping to form countless new arrangements with each breath of wind. Please contact the gallery at 707.933.1300 for sales information or commission possibilities.
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Garden kinetic sculpture where river rocks counterbalance stainless steel vanes in a wind-driven dance. The main structure is steel with a rust patina. Please contact the gallery for sales information at 707 933 1300.
www.johnsendelbach.com Artist Statement:Art is for the mind of the beholder. So, ever the iconoclast, I’ll let you figure it out yourself. Artist Biography In 1966, on the 62nd birthday of Salvador Dali, a child was born in a red Plymouth Valiant in front of Buffalo’s Mercy Hospital. The youngest of four, John Sendelbach had entered the world amidst global unrest and social awakening. With early memories of the ceasefire in Viet Nam, his formative years in the seventies were spent playing in the woods, fields and creeks of Orchard Park. During these halcyon days of Schwinn Stingrays, Hotwheels, treeforts and bicentennial firecrackers, John was strongly influenced by his first generation father, a sheetmetal contractor and draughtsman, and the many tools available around the house. He showed an early propensity for creation, always tinkering with model cars, chopper bicycles and motorless gocarts, as well as making award winning models of the White House and the Eiffel tower. Excellence in classwork and atheletics in his early years, gave way to an interest in popular music and cosmic explorations in his teens. Buying his first album in eighth grade, Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, ameliorated his earlier influences of the likes of Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Deep Purple. A serendipidous discovery of the Grateful Dead in 1983 forever changed his world view, and led to a near fanatical following of the band for the next 15 years. In his early twenties, John began …
