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Joe Andoe

“I’m feral and wonder in the meantime” — Joe Andoe

Tulsa-born painter Joe Andoe is known for his austere depictions of everyday subjects, such as roadsides with cloud-filled skies, horses, dogs, and flowers. For his painting, he uses a reductive technique where he covers an entire canvas with thick oil paint, then wipes off the paint while still wet to reveal an image beneath, creating an enigmatic and textural minimalism. “Since the late ‘70s I have fancied myself a landscape painter, and a painter of the things that hang around on the landscape” wrote Joe Andoe in his memoir Jubilee City (2008). In his recent work, Andoe underscores the possibilities of imagery by developing a cinematic vision of American mythologies. Often compared to the photographic documentation of teenage life in Tulsa by Larry Clark, Andoe’s universe has emerged as one great depiction of the American spirit and its iconography.

Andoe's career spans five decades. Beginning in the 1990's the artist worked closely with Blum Helman, the legendary gallery founded by Irving Blum and Joseph Helman in 1974 which also represented the likes of Roy Lichtenstein, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, and Andy Warhol. Amidst an extensive exhibition history, Andoe's works have been displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Fisher Landau Center, the Hall Art Foundation, the New York Historical Society, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Denver Art Museum. His pieces are held in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art New York, the National Gallery of Art Washington, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and many others.

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Selected artworks

  • Joe Andoe, 10/31/23, 2023

    Joe Andoe 10/31/23, 2023

    Oil on linen
    142.2 x 215.9 cm
    56 x 85 in

  • Joe Andoe, To be titled 7/3/22, 2022

    Joe Andoe To be titled 7/3/22, 2022

    Oil on linen
    66 x 180.3 cm
    26 x 71 in

  • Joe Andoe, Untitled 9/26/22, 2022

    Joe Andoe Untitled 9/26/22, 2022

    Oil on linen
    162.6 x 137.2 x 3.8 cm
    64 x 54 x 1 1/2 in

  • Joe Andoe, Double Pony's 6/3/20, 2020

    Joe Andoe Double Pony's 6/3/20, 2020

    Oil on linen
    162.8 x 132.1 x 5.1 cm
    64 1/8 x 52 x 2 in

  • Joe Andoe, Mary , 2004

    Joe Andoe Mary , 2004

    Oil on linen
    146,4 x 208,6 x 3,8 cm
    57 5/8 x 82 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches

  • Joe Andoe, Super Highway, 2010

    Joe Andoe Super Highway, 2010

    Oil on linen
    147,3 x 208,3 x 3,8 cm
    58 x 82 x 1 1/2 inches

  • Joe Andoe, Untitled (Road in Color), 1998

    Joe Andoe Untitled (Road in Color), 1998

    Oil on linen
    152,4 x 127 x 5,1 cm
    60 x 50 x 2 inches

  • Joe Andoe, Untitled (Big Blue Jay) 6/12/21, 2021

    Joe Andoe Untitled (Big Blue Jay) 6/12/21, 2021

    Oil on canvas
    182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
    72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in

  • Joe Andoe, Rainbow road part 2 5/25/18 (for Jp), 2018

    Joe Andoe Rainbow road part 2 5/25/18 (for Jp), 2018

    Oil on linen
    160 x 261 x 2,5 cm
    63 x 102 3/4 x 1 inches

Gallery exhibitions

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