painter
American artist (born 1978)
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Isca Greenfield-Sanders is an American artist based in New York City. She is known for vibrant, square-format landscapes depicting outdoor scenes in beach, pool or garden settings, that she reworks from vintage 35mm slides. Critics characterize her art as deceptive in its straightforward presentation and subject matter, contending that it belies a wealth of art-historical references and a sophisticated image-making method which blurs media, digital and manual processes, and the modes of representation and abstraction. Her multi-step process synthesizes the materials, tools and techniques of photography and painting, combining found materials, computer editing, pencil and various paints, and a grid structure. Brooklyn Rail reviewer Raphy Sarkissian observed, "Greenfield-Sanders probes visual representation through various mediums, arriving at imagery whose allure is owed as much to their visual charm as their interrogation of the culturally fabricated realities of picture-making."
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