Everything's Fine
Virtual Show for the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Works from June - November 2001
Works from June - November 2001
The "Everything's Fine" series was painted between June and November 2001. The series includes over 50 paintings and drawings. Almost all the paintings were done in stark black and white color. The paintings made prior to 9/11 seem to forecast the events of 9/11
These paintings were based on New York Times stories detailing conflict in Afghanistan and other areas of
The Middle East. Using the phrase “Everything's Fine” as a sarcastic contrast to the imagery. “I was trying to create challenging paintings that would intersect these war-torn images and the blissful ignorance in America at the time,” Sandberg says. After 9/11 he began to incorporate imagery from the WTC disaster into new works.
This series has never been exhibited. Except a few pieces included in the Exit Art show Reactions and one painting auctioned to benefit families of firemen in 2002.
At that time Sandberg lived and worked in his studio on Broadway. He evacuated his studio that day joining thousands on the street fleeing the rising dust cloud. The Trade Center disaster effected Blake profoundly. He became ill breathing the fumes from Ground Zero.
Blake Sandberg is a Certified 9/11 Survivor.
These paintings were based on New York Times stories detailing conflict in Afghanistan and other areas of
The Middle East. Using the phrase “Everything's Fine” as a sarcastic contrast to the imagery. “I was trying to create challenging paintings that would intersect these war-torn images and the blissful ignorance in America at the time,” Sandberg says. After 9/11 he began to incorporate imagery from the WTC disaster into new works.
This series has never been exhibited. Except a few pieces included in the Exit Art show Reactions and one painting auctioned to benefit families of firemen in 2002.
At that time Sandberg lived and worked in his studio on Broadway. He evacuated his studio that day joining thousands on the street fleeing the rising dust cloud. The Trade Center disaster effected Blake profoundly. He became ill breathing the fumes from Ground Zero.
Blake Sandberg is a Certified 9/11 Survivor.