Brandon Sadler’s “Red Dawn”
"Red Son"
A contributing writer to the Arts Critic ATL blog, Jerry Cullum, wrote a warm and ardent review of the “Red Dawn” exhibition currently hanging at WM. Turner Gallery citing Brandon Sadler as a great artist blending diverse cultures readily and skillfully. Jerry mentioned a recent delving into Asian culture on a yearlong stint in Korea where Brandon undoubtably picked up some sensitivity to traditional Asian artworks to seamlessly render in his own graffiti-influenced style.
His newest work, at Wm. Turner Gallery through July 31, is hard to divide tidily. The quickly but very skillfully executed drawings (in media ranging from ink and colored pencil to oil and acrylic) owe a great deal to the graffiti traditions out of which he emerged, and even more to traditional and contemporary Japanese art. A good many of them are overlaid on Japanese newspapers. His signature, written to be viewed sideways, imitates the calligraphic appearance of Japanese kanji characters. -Jerry Cullum for Arts Critic ATL.
The entire review can be read at www.artscriticatl.com
Brandon’s personal website is www.risingredlotus.com
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