Artist Sandro Kopp: “I have no idea how people who don’t paint deal with difficult situations in life”

By Sarah Catherall
New Zealand Listener·
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Artist Sandro Kopp: “I have no idea how people who don’t paint deal with difficult situations in life”
Sandro Kopp undertook his only formal training in Lower Hutt and met his partner Tilda Swinton during filming for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Photo / Supplied

As he opens his first solo exhibition at home in more than a decade, painter Sandro Kopp talks about the emotions driving his latest work and what it’s like to whip up a faux oeuvre for a Wes Anderson film.

Sandro Kopp wants his art to exist as an antidote

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