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, has been called “iconoclastic, demented, decadent,” 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. 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. Solo exhibitions. 2014 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003  2002 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.