Queens-based artist Brandon Friend has a mixed media style unlike anything I’ve ever encountered. His works consist of a variety of materials pasted onto the canvas, then torn, treated, or removed, then combined with acrylics. The outcome is an amazingly complex and active surface, and a beautiful composition. His Master’s Thesis was the first group of work that I saw, thanks to this video. Just overall incredible work from this recent graduate. Brandon Friend is definitely a name to write down in your little black book under “work I need to buy now while I can still afford it.” Shit, if Damien Hirst can make over $200 mil with his crap, there’s no telling how much Friend can make with work that actually means something.
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Fine Art Enthusiast | 18-Sep-08 at 3:13 pm | Permalink
Completely agree. Brandon Friend’s work is so organic and novel - truly an artistic breath of fresh air. Just wrote his name down in my book…in pen.
Shaun Grossman | 24-Sep-08 at 10:49 pm | Permalink
Brandon Friend is clearly the next big thing.