ANDRE BUTZER – 1 EIS BITTE! (1999)
2018-10-22The first dedicated exhibition of the artist’s seminal “Science-Fiction-Expressionism” series in the UK, 1 Eis Bitte! (1999) features works from 1999 – 2000 and one large-scale painting from the “N-Bilder” (“N-Paintings”) dated 2011.
The exhibition title 1 Eis Bitte! (1 Ice Please), is taken from one of the paintings included and can be seen as referencing Butzer’s first solo show at Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin in 2003 – Chips und Pepsi und Medizin (Chips and Pepsi and Medicine). Whilst both titles are playful in their casual spoken nature, Butzer wryly critiques commodity aesthetics through the allusion to products of mass consumption and branded identities. At the same time, aware of the contradictions at play, Butzer lures in the viewer through his deliberate use of bright colours and enlivened compositions.
Opposite – Eis, bitte!, 1999
Exhibition runs from November 13th – February 8th, 2019
Galerie Max Hetzler
41 Dover Street
W1S 4NS
London
