André Butzer
September 7 – September 9, 2018
“Dear Ladies, hi gentlemen, I have to say that the works on paper that I made back in the year 2011 or so, are really important for my own thinking and for what was called ‘brain’ 6 weeks ago, before I had to move to California. Yes, these are echoes of color repetitions. They are optimistic and friendly as far as I can see them hovering in the hollow space of sad vibrations. These chords are far distant while as near as optional. They deliver a choice.
I chose what I had to choose. It was not easy and I am not sure if I have fully survived. Painting is the only hobby I have and I have no other jobs, nor hobbies. I am free to do what I want. I really don’t know what to do. I had to go to the forbidden places once more. It’s dangerous.”
André
August 31, 2018
André Butzer (born 1973, Stuttgart) has had work presented in several solo exhibitions at institutions such asKunstverein Reutlingen, Germany (2016); Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover (2011); Kunsthistorisches Museum – CAC Contemporary Art Club at Theseustempel, Vienna (2011); Kunsthalle Nuremberg (2009) and Kunstverein Heilbronn (2004). He has furthermore participated in numerous important international group exhibitions, including Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2015), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (2014), Kunsthalle Emden and MoCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (both 2013); Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt; Kunstraum Munich (2012); Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (2011); mumok, Vienna; ZKM – Museum für Kunst- und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (both 2008); MUMOK, Vienna (2008); Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2007); Sammlung Goetz, Munich (2006); Museum der Moderne Salzburg; Carré d’art – Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes (both 2005); Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; Kunsthalle Hamburg (both 2003) and Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2002) among others. Butzer lives and works in Altadena, California.