Andrew Guenther

Andrew Guenther (born 1976) is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Guenther received his BFA from Lawrence University in 1998 and his MFA from Rutgers University in 2000. His work has been widely exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Guenther makes paintings, sculptures, and photographs, and his works often combine elements of painting and sculpture, as he has incorporated items such as underwear, T-shirts, sunglasses, and cigars into his paintings and more recently begun employing papier-mâché and gold and silver leaf in his mixed-media pieces. While Guenther's earlier work, which referenced death metal, zombies, satyrs, hippie kitsch and drew comparisons to painters such as Francisco Goya and Hieronymous Bosch,^[1] has been called “iconoclastic, demented, decadent,” ^[2] his more recent paintings have focused on a recurring “Plate Face” character, whales, dolphins, and more abstract concerns and have been described as evocative of Abstract Expressionism and outsider art.^[3]

In his photography, Guenther often works in black and white, in part because of what he identifies as its documentary aspect, which helps to free his images from the clutter of unintended cultural references.^[4]

Solo Exhibitions

2014
"Popcorn Illusions," 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY

2011
“Talking to a Fish and Paraphernalia,” Freight + Volume, New York
“Corn, Tobacco, and Other Stories,” Kaycee Olsen Gallery, Los Angeles

2010
“The Devil’s Pants," Motus Fort, Tokyo
"Recent Works on Paper," Freight + Volume, New York

2008
“Looking For Culture: Part I," Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
“Looking For Culture: Part III,” Freight + Volume, New York

2007
“Things Ingested and the Shapes They Become,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York
"Standing in water up to the shins, your foot looks at a minnow and says, 'look what I have become!'," David Castillo, Miami
"The Slap of Bird Shit on Wet Pavement," Mogadishni, Copenhagen

2006
“Reflections of Ourselves From Space,” Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago

2005
“Us and Them,” Greener Pastures Gallery Contemporary Art, Toronto

2004
“Something Happened Yesterday and More Things Will Happen Tomorrow,” Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York

2003
“How Do You Waste Your Time,” Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York

2002
“Somewhere Between Good and Evil,” Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
"Joyride," Marlborough Broome Street, New York
"Not For All My Little Words," Marc Straus Gallery, New York

2013
"Selected Works," Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “The Roving Eye: Aura and the Contemporary Portrait,” Oakland University Art Gallery, Detroit

2012
“Assembly 2012,” Edward Thorp Gallery, New York
“Raw,” Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
“Game On,” Peveto, Houston
"Mie: A Portrait by 35 Artists," Freight + Volume, New York

2011
“Heel Gezellig,” Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam
“No One in Particular, Except…,” Motus Fort, Tokyo

2010
“Group show,” Galerie Perrotin, Paris

2007
“True Faith,” Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
“Unfathom,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York

2006
“This Ain't No Karaoke,” Haas & Fischer, Zurich
“Group Show,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2005
“You Are Here,” The Ballroom, Marfa, TX
“Monster Painting,” McClain Gallery, Houston
“The Third Peak,” Art: Concept, Paris
“Edge of Darkness,” LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York

2004
“Familiar Haunts,” Happy Lion, Los Angeles

2003
“Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show,” Galerie du Jour agnes b., Paris
"K48 presents: DAAG ONS NIET UIT," Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
“What are you Growing in Your Garden?,” ATM Gallery, New York

Selected Bibliography

Books and Catalogues
2012
Bua, Matt, and Maximilian Goldfarb, eds., Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawing of Buildings. (London: Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2012).

2008
Mullins, Charlotte, ed., Painting People: Figure Painting Today. (New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2008).

2005
The Triumph of Painting. (London: Jonathan Cape, 2005).

Articles
2012
Landes, Jennifer. "The Art Scene: 09.13.12." The East Hampton Star, September 11, 2012. Accessed January 28, 2013. http://www.easthamptonstar.com/?q=Arts/2012911/Art-Scene-091312

2006
Grabner, Michelle. "Andrew Guenther, Bucket Rider Gallery." Artforum, November 2006.

2005
Comer-Greene, Rachel. "Sticks & Stones." Time Out New York, August 11–17, 2005.
"'You are Here' charts critical look at artistic frontier." The Big Bend Sentinel, October 6, 2005.

2004
"Mixed Paint: A Survey of Contemporary Painters." Flash Art, November–December 2004.

References

External links

• Flash Art Online Studio Visit interview by Andrea Bellini
• Featured Artist, Dossier Journal
• Andrew Guenther's website