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., ‘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 Andy Hope 1930: When Dinosaurs Become Modernists, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2012–2013 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 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
References and notes
External links Artist Website