Publisher: UOOYAA ZINE
Dimensions: 25.5 x 18 cm
Pages: unpaged
Sean Landers is an American artist who, over the course of more than thirty years, has continuously explored a wide range of artistic media—from text and sculpture to painting—developing a figurative style that is highly distinctive and deeply personal. His works oscillate between tenderness and sensitivity on the one hand, and confidence on the other, portraying the contradictions and tensions of the human world as seen through the artist’s inner perspective.
In particular, his Plankboy series featured in this issue exemplifies these qualities.Beneath the simplicity of its lines and seemingly playful exterior lies a figure that has accompanied the artist for more than three decades as an externalized persona.Plankboy is both a polished piece of wood that feels out of place in the natural forest, and a middle- aged figure beset by aches and pains.Landers regards him as an extension of himself—imperfect, yet persistently striving, creating works for audiences of both today and the future.
This interview delves into the world of Plankboy and beyond, uncovering the artist’s inner landscape, the primal energy that embodies both vulnerability and confidence, and why he continues to revisit Plankboy after all these years.
In particular, his Plankboy series featured in this issue exemplifies these qualities.Beneath the simplicity of its lines and seemingly playful exterior lies a figure that has accompanied the artist for more than three decades as an externalized persona.Plankboy is both a polished piece of wood that feels out of place in the natural forest, and a middle- aged figure beset by aches and pains.Landers regards him as an extension of himself—imperfect, yet persistently striving, creating works for audiences of both today and the future.
This interview delves into the world of Plankboy and beyond, uncovering the artist’s inner landscape, the primal energy that embodies both vulnerability and confidence, and why he continues to revisit Plankboy after all these years.
