Andy Hope 1930

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).

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.

Phantoms

Hope frequently paints over the top of already painted canvases, sometimes allowing parts of the earlier picture to remain visible. Other works are cut into, removing the vital features such as eyes or whole faces.

Selected solo exhibitions

2016

Enjoy Thank You, Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna, Austria Black Fat Fury Road, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany

2015

Andy Hope, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany UNappropriated Activities, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland Prequel – Equal, Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria

2014

Echoes from an Unlimited Company, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Germany Impressions d’Amérique, Metro Pictures, New York NY

2013

WHY PAINT (with David Batchelor), Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna, Austria 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 Sweet Troubled Souls, Silverbridge and Hauser & Wirth, private apartment Yola Noujam, Paris, France Only Gods could survive, Metro Pictures, New York, USA

2006

Trans Time, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany 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, Graz, 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