Andy Hope 1930
Andy Hope 1930 (born Andreas Hofer) is a German artist.
Signature
Since 1998, most of the artist's works have been signed "Andy Hope 1930" (although at that time the artist was still named Andreas Hofer).[1]
Style
Hope's style borrows from Thriftstore painting, comic books and science fiction illustration, mixing these elements with artistic positions such as those of Kasimir Malevich, James Ensor, Marcel Duchamp and Paul Klee. He creates over-paintings, collages and cut-outs: using pencils, coloured pencils and felt-tip pens, oil, enamel, and acrylic, on such supports as cardboard, paper, canvas, recycled materials and hand-made tapestries. He also makes films and sculptures, and text too plays a major role in his works. His subject matter encompasses superheroes, dinosaurs, devils, spaceships and historical villains.[2][3]
Junk Shop
In 1996, Andy Hope moved the contents of the Munich thrift store Puschmann to an art space where they were assembled for sale together with works from a number of other artists. Paintings and drawings by Andy Hope depicting landscapes and replicating famous works by Kazimir Malevich were stuck on top of patterned wallpaper.
Superheroes
Hope's oeuvre is populated by superheroes from the Golden and Silver Age of Comics — Flash Gordon, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman — and such futuristic objects as spaceships, laser beams and fantastic uniforms. A series of works focusing on Flash Gordon was followed by the exhibition "Batman Gallery", 2004.
Phantoms
Hope frequently paints over the top of already painted canvases, sometimes allowing parts of the earlier picture to remain visible.[4] Other works are cut into, removing the vital features such as eyes or whole faces.
Selected solo exhibitions
2013
- Andy Hope 1930 presents Earth 1 belongs to Earth 2, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2012
- Andy Hope 1930 When Dinosaurs Become Modernists, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland
- Medley Tour London by Andy Hope 1930, Hauser & Wirth, London, England
- Medley Tour by Andy Hope 1930, kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
2011
- Robin Dostoyevsky by Andy Hope 1930, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Málaga, Spain
- 0,10 and a half by Andy Hope 1930, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2010
- Andy Hope 1930 at the Freud, The Freud Museum, London, England
- Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- ON TIME, Metro Pictures, New York, USA
2009
- White Space Black, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
- Andy Hope 1930, Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
- air tsu dni oui sélavy, Hauser & Wirth London, England
- Andy Hope 1930, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
2008
- Valleys of Neptune, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
- Phantom Gallery, Hauser & Wirth Zürich and 7556 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, USA
- City of Sokrates, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2007
- The Long Tomorrow, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany[5]
- Sweet Troubled Souls, Silverbridge and Hauser & Wirth, private apartment Yola Noujam, Paris, France
- Only Gods could survive, Metro Pictures, New York, USA[6]
2006
- Trans Time, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany[7]
- This Island Earth, Hauser & Wirth London, England
2005
- Welt ohne Ende (World without End), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
- Galassia che vai, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Vienna, Austria
- Neverworld Technik, Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm, Germany (with André Butzer)
2004
- Batman Gallery, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
2002
- Hinter den Hügeln, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany
1996
- c/o Puschmann, Ausstellungsraum Balenstrasse, Munich, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2013
- Forever Young, Jugend und Jugendkult in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
- Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
- Curitiba International Biennial, Brazil
- KABOOM! Comics in Art, Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2012
- Fruits de la Passion, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- The 9th Gwangju Biennale, The Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Gwangju, South Korea
- Juwelen im Rheingold. 10 Jahre Sammlung Rheingold, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
- Asche und Gold. Eine Weltenreise / Ash and Gold. A Journey round the World, MARTa Herford, Germany
2011
- MMK 2011. 20 Years of Presence, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M., Germany
- Mind the Gap, Kai | 10 Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf
- Der Traum vom Fliegen (The Dream of Flying), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2010
- Was tun? Was geschieht? (What's Happening?), Sammlung Rheingold, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Born in Dystopia, Rosenblum Collection & Friends, Paris, France
- Permanent Trouble. Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp, München / Art from the Kopp Collection, Munich, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany
- "I really don't know what art is". Insights into a private collection, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
- Real Presences. Marcel Broodthaers today, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
- If not in this period of time. Contemporary German Painting 1989 - 2010, MASP Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
2009
- MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
- amor fati, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2008
- Vertrautes Terrain - Contemporary Art in / about Germany, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Back to Black. Black in current painting, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
- Ad Absurdum. Energies of the Absurd from Modernism till Today, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
2007
- Paul Thek. Werkschau im Kontext zeitgenössischer Kunst (Work in Context of Time-based Art), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Perspektive 07, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
- Euro-Centric, Part 1: New European Art from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami FL
- Made in Germany, Kestner Gesellschaft, Sprengel Museum, Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
- There is never a stop and never a finish - In Memoriam Jason Rhoades, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2005
- Schwarz, Brot, Gold, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
- Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg / Phoenix Kunststiftung, Hamburg, Germany
- Les Grands Spectacles, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
2004
- Direkte Malerei / Direct Painting, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
- Heimweh: Young German Art, Haunch of Venison, London, England
2003
- Actionbutton, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
- Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei (German Painting Two Thousand Three), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
- Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
References and notes
- ↑ Barbara Fischer, Universum - Multiversum, Künstler Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, ed. 93, Magazine 4, p.2.
- ↑ Stephan Urbaschek, "Science Fiction and Personal Fiction: From the Mesozoic to the Multiverse in the Year 4419. A Tour of the Exhibition", Andreas Hofer. Andy Hope 1930, Sammlung Goetz, p. 65.
- ↑ Noemi Smolik, Andreas Hofer. Goetz Collection, Artforum, March 2010.
- ↑ Barbara Fischer, Universum - Multiversum, Künstler Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, ed. 93, Magazine 4, page 2-3.
- ↑ ArtFacts.net. "Andy Hope 1930". ArtFacts.net. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ exhibit-E.com. "Andreas Hofer: Only Gods Could Survive, March 23 – April 21, 2007 - Exhibitions - Metro Pictures". www.metropicturesgallery.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ "Andy Hope 1930 Biography – Andy Hope 1930 on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
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