Andy Hope 1930

{{short description|German painter}}

Andy Hope 1930 (born Andreas Hofer) is a German artist.

Since 1998, most of his work has been signed "Andy Hope 1930" (although at that time the artist was still named Andreas Hofer).Barbara Fischer, Universum - Multiversum, Künstler Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, ed. 93, Magazine 4, pgs.2-3

Hope's subject matter encompasses superheroes, dinosaurs, devils, spaceships and historical villains.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.Welchman, John C., [https://frieze.com/article/impressions-dam%C3%A9rique ‘Andy Hope 1930: Impressions d’Amérique’], in: Frieze DE, Berlin/DE, March/April 2014, pp. 62-71, ill. para 5 He sometimes paints over the top of already painted canvases, sometimes allowing parts of the earlier picture to remain visible.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions include:

  • Viva Arte Viva, La Biennale di Venezia, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy, 2017{{Cite web|title = La Biennale di Venezia|url = http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2017/artists|website = www.labiennale.org|accessdate = 2018-05-01}}
  • Andy Hope 1930: When Dinosaurs Become Modernists, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012–2013{{Cite web|title = Andy Hope 1930 Biography – Andy Hope 1930 on artnet|url = http://www.artnet.com/artists/andy-hope-1930/biography|website =Artnet |accessdate = 2015-07-29}}
  • Robin Dostoyevsky by Andy Hope 1930, Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga, Spain, 2011
  • Andy Hope 1930 at the Freud, Freud Museum, London, 2010
  • Andy Hope 1930, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany, 2009{{Cite web|title = Sammlung Goetz|url = https://www.sammlung-goetz.de/en/Exhibitions/past/2009-2010/Andy_Hope_1930.htm|website = www.sammlung-goetz.de|accessdate = 2018-05-01}}
  • The Long Tomorrow, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany, 2007
  • Only Gods could survive, Metro Pictures, New York, USA, 2007
  • Trans Time, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany, 2006
  • Welt ohne Ende, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, 2005

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