Sam Anderson Returns!
January 13, 2026

1. Deep Distance, Ashra, 1977
   
2. Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium; Camille Saint-Saëns, Pascal Rogé, Cristina Ortiz, London Sinfonietta, Charles Dutoit; 1980,
   
3. At The Store, Ernest Hood, 2019
   
4. Noonday Yellows, Ernest Hood, 2022
   
5. Pompeii 76 A.D., Gail Laughton, 2013
   
6. The Inspector Clouseau Theme, Henry Mancini, 1982
   
7. Baby Elephant Walk, Henry Mancini, 1962
   
8. Footprints on the Moon, Johnny Harris, 1969
   
9. Track Of The Cat, Pram, 2003
   
10. Sleepy Time, Raymond Scott, 1995
    
11. Tempo Block, Raymond Scott, 1995
    
12. Tomoshibi, Shiho Yabuki, 2018
    
13. The Seventh Wave - Sailing Away, Suzanne Ciani, 1982
    
14. Thatcherie (from "Inner Space"), Sven Libaek, 2006
    
15. Ride a White Horse (Tiny Surf), Sven Libaek, 2013
    

Sam Anderson is a sculptor whose work explores the fragile interplay between memory and the material world, as much through language as through form. Her rigorously arranged, often minimal compositions combine figures and objects that feel both intimately familiar and unsettlingly existential. Using materials such as clay, metal, plastic, resin, reclaimed wood, and fabric alongside everyday objects, Anderson constructs scenes that oscillate between the poetic and the uncanny, humor and pathos. Drawing from the visual language of American literature and cinema, personal history, and the slippages of linguistic play, Anderson’s work probes how meaning is constructed and deconstructed. Her sculptures inhabit the sad, often absurd space between expectation and desire, functioning like prototypes—she believes the prototype of an idea is often more sincere and open-ended than its final result. By reconfiguring interchangeable, everyday materials, she uncovers the latent narratives embedded within the mundane. Bio courtesy Derosia