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André Butzer, born 1973 in Stuttgart/Germany, is a visual artist who lives in Rangsdorf near Berlin. He was a member of "Akademie Isotrop", Hamburg from 1996-2000.

His work has appeared in various exhibitions, e.g. in "Amerikanische Technik im Jahre 2017" at Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica/CA, "Chips und Pepsi und Medizin" at Max Hetzler in Berlin/Germany, "Haselnuß" at Guido W. Baudach, Berlin/Germany or in "Das Ende vom Friedens-Siemens-Menschentraum" at Kunstverein Heilbronn/Germany.

His paintings often catagorized as "Sci-Fi-Expressionism", made the artist famous since they were first shown in the late 1990ies. Often critically received by the press, Butzer´s paintings have been described there as provocant, childish, reactionary and fake, while in the same time being compared to the likes of Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock, Asger Jorn, Georg Baselitz or Anselm Kiefer.

His intense, colorful paintings often recall apocalyptic visions of technical drama. A self-made, cartoonish world of mutant, helpless creatures is confronted here with extreme abstract conditions of space, life and historical depth, compare "Herr Adolf Eichmann Sahne-Pudding Fabrikant", oil on canvas, 2005. The drama of the individual is literally as epic as the drama of a social structure. Butzer also produces series of grey or black monochrome paintings that are dedicated to specific personalities like memorials, compare Untitled (Walt Disney), oil on canvas, 2006. Partly made out of thick paint, his imagery collides with contemporary ideals of painting and is probably the most opposing to ruling concepts of Realism or Romanticism in the beginning of the 21st century.

Collections: Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin Sammlung Taschen Rubell Family Collection