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Leandro Sanchez

New York-based artist, Leandro Sanchez, was born and raised in Venezuela before moving to Paris to study at the E.I.C.A film school. As well as exhibiting regularly as an artist, Sanchez is also a successful advertising commercial director having worked on international accounts for agencies such as TBWA and Leo Burnett. Of his art his says: ‘I include modern messages in my text – some are streams of words, but some have poems or monologues about religion, racism, history or a simple analysis of our times. I offer an opinion that is there for the viewer to find, and to approve or disapprove or (better yet) to agree with. I like to create this rhetoric within a shape that attracts, that opens one’s curiosity and senses’. He can be contacted through the Repertorium Films website.

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greg said | 19 October, 2006

WOW, I really love this work, it is so unusual and touches an inner part, something ancestral.

Gorgeous

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Cate B said | 21 April, 2007

Facinating and new, love this artist.

Summer said | 21 April, 2007

Very inventive and edgy. I love this website, you guys put up real cool inovative artists.

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