Sean Landers
1962–

Introduction

Sean Landers (born 1962) is an American artist. He is best known for using his personal experience as public subject matter and for utilizing diverse styles and media in a performative manner, and is especially known for his word art. His work encompasses many media: painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, writing, video and audio, and he uses humor and confession, gravity and pathos in it, blurring the lines between fact and fiction, reality and fantasy, sincerity and insincerity.

Landers lives and works in New York City

Wikidata identifier

Q7441148

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Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, painter, sculptor, video artist

ULAN identifier

500116153

Names

Sean Landers

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On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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