Welcome to Andrew Freidin’s website
I work in a variety of artistic media and hope you enjoy exploring images of my sculpture, drawings, Xrays and more. Below are some large images of my work, or click above or on the thumbnail images to visit some galleries. I’ve added writings about a few particular sculptures as an introduction to my interests; you can find these on the Notes on some sculptures page. There is also a short video giving an overview of my work on the About page.
First Loss
The Revolutionary
The First Refugee
As Music and Silence Meet
just amazing , ur a great sculpture I congratulate you , good luck
Andrew, these are absolutely amazing works. I will definitely be coming back to see your updates and explore more and more your site
Thank you for sharing with us
Rachel
Many thanks Rachel, and I hope to add more soon.
Hi Andrew, great website! Congratulations, very well done. Ciao.
Grazie Massi! I hope to add more content soon and develop the site further in 2013. Your opinion is always of great value to me; thanks for having a look.
Blast from the past! Clay sent me your web site. I love your work.
Thank you John! I’ll write more this weekend…
Hi Andrew
Great web site !
Lovely to see Dad looking great online x
X Sandy
What stunning work…!…the sculptures just excude energy and emotion…I am looking forward to coming to the gallery and seeing more…Helen
Dear Andrew, I liked and loved so many of your sculptures…..The portrait of your Father, the female nude marble, the impressive, powerful head of John the Baptist…the dancer like Nuriev??, and many more….some are so dramatic, like The first loss, or Revolutionary… Your Bronze sounds like a bell, and this patina…..so beautiful….( a little bit resembles August Rodin’s masterpieces, it’s a compliment in my humble view…!) your female nude marble is breathing….graceful and gentle….vulnerable …
Unbelievable, how much you managed to achieve in professional sculpture (such difficult , but such rewarding materials like bronze and marble!) being a GP Doctor…. Bravo!!! Bravo!!! Bravo!!!
PS
I was impressed also with the explicit titles, which you give….at the same time,let me share some doubts about the titles…. may be, just as some creative idea to be thought out…may be you give away too much with your narrative titles (as you don’t trust their impact on the beholder?) and they, titles , don’t live too much to the imagination?
I do believe, your sculptures won’t confuse any spectator….Just think, if your Revolutionary doesn’t have any definite descriptive title, would it be less powerful and thought provoking? (Same with Rodin’s Thinker….nobody would think less appropriate about this sitter for sure, if the sculpture would be simply called let’s say , Claude…after the name of the male model….Just a thought….) Same with the First loss… those titles kind of disturbed me, they were a little bit too loud…. I didn’t want them….I wanted just to submerge in your mastery and enjoy sharing your thoughts and feelings….
Would you accept my lines as a matter of great respect and affection towards your creative achievements ? Hope so ! My heart was on the right side….
Elena
Interesting perspective. Naming artworks is certainly a challenge and I never feel they are final. Some people need a name as a touchstone, others not. And I think Rodin used different titles for the same work. He even reused figures in different contexts: the male figure he used in Fugit Amor is the same one that stands alone as the Prodigal Son. Thanks Elena, for all your thoughtful comments. Andrew
Stunning work! Andrew, you are an extraordinarily gifted man – also glad to be able to call you a friend…
Dear Andrew,
thank you for sharing the website, I have read all the comments, including the wonderful compliment from ‘Sandy’.
Your gift(s) shine through in all the sculptures (and the understated background drawings which I assume to be yours, too).
I allow this most complex of art forms, sculpture, to speak to me like Elena alludes to, but agree that it is, on balance, often helpful to have a prompt, be this ‘Untitled’, or a attributional title.
Well, we may talk forever about sculpture, Camille Claudel included – (I never believed the official explanation by her family for her move to the South of France detained for over 30 years)