Based in Los Angeles, conceptual artist Karl Haendel is known for his large-scale graphite drawings, installations, videos and public projects. His practice is driven by his interest in the semiotic function of images and how they are used to form both personal and cultural meaning, values and beliefs. Pulling from a broad-ranging and idiosyncratic archive of found, stock and self-made images, Haendel’s works engage in a critical assessment and interpretation of themes ranging from masculinity to ethical responsibility and the mediation of political events and public personas. This first monograph on Haendel’s work assembles his oeuvre of the past 17 years.
Based in Los Angeles, conceptual artist Karl Haendel is known for his large-scale graphite drawings, installations, videos and public projects. His practice is driven by his interest in the semiotic function of images and how they are used to form both personal and cultural meaning, values and beliefs. Pulling from a broad-ranging and idiosyncratic archive of found, stock and self-made images, Haendel’s works engage in a critical assessment and interpretation of themes ranging from masculinity to ethical responsibility and the mediation of political events and public personas. This first monograph on Haendel’s work assembles his oeuvre of the past 17 years.