Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, Berlin 2024 The catalogue includes a concert recording on a CD
Published on the occasion of the exhibition BEGINNER’S MIND: Zum 75. Geburtstag von Walter Zimmermann, invited by André Butzer, on view at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin from 30 August – 1 September 2024. The catalogue includes a conversation between Walter Zimmermann and Thomas Götz. On the occasion of the exhibition, Ensemble Adapter performed a concert at Galerie Max Hetzler. The catalogue also includes the recording of this concert on CD: 1 Glockenspiel, 1983 20:40 2 Wolkenorte, 1980–1981 27:09 3 Maikäfer, flieg! (für André Butzer), 2015 / 2023 5:11 4 Riuti (Rodungen und Wüstungen), 1981 9:01 5 Klangfaden, 1983 16:40
Ensemble Adapter Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir: Harp, singing Matthias Engler: Percussion, toy piano, singing Carol McGonnell: Bass clarinet Robyn Schulkowsky: Percussion Recorded at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin 30 August und / and 1 September 2024
Publisher: Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa Publication date: 2025 Designed by: Studio Martin Steiner Binding: Hard cover, 49 pages, with a CD Dimensions: 32 x 25.5 cm
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Fusing European Expressionism with American popular culture, André Butzer (b. 1973, Stuttgart) has painted his way through the artistic and political extremes of the 20th century – life, death, consumption and mass entertainment – into the 21st century. With wide ranging influences including Paul Cézanne, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, as well as Walt Disney and Henry Ford, Butzer has developed a unique and elaborate fictitious universe. Many iconic characters have come to populate Butzer’s ‘Science Fiction-Expressionism’ with their recognisable large comic-book eyes, inflated heads or oversized hands. First appearing in 1999, these bright figures and shapes continue to lure the viewer in subsequent bodies of work. Engaging with the fundamental dimensions of colour, light and painterly expression, Butzer’s practice has shifted through the seemingly utter blackness of his N-Paintings, to a return to vibrancy, following his move to California between 2018 to 2021. Painting en plein air year-round, these recent works vibrate with a bold, energetic force.
Artist page on maxhetzler.com
Jinn Bronwen Lee, André Butzer, Ben Cottrell, Thomas Grötz, Paula Kamps, Nanne Meyer, Albert Oehlen, Eva-Maria Schön, Ulrich Wulff invited by André Butzer
Goethestraße 2/3, Berlin
2024
Exhibition page on maxhetzler.com
