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Andrea Büttner

Work by Andrea Büttner

Biography

b. 1972, Stuttgart (GER)

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In her artistic practice, Andrea Büttner investigates the value systems and conventions that frame aesthetic experience and also explores the conditions of production, exhibition and reception of art. Engaging with themes such as shame and embarrassment, vulnerability, dignity and poverty, she opens spaces of reflection – for example about the mutual contingency of moments of revelation and concealment in the public presentation of works of art, the status of artisanship and the respective roles of artist and recipients.

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Spargel, 2021

143 asparagus carved from wood on table
73 × 200 × 110 cm
AB/S 6

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Spargelfeld, 2021

Ceramic, 9 parts on table
80 × 281 × 198 cm
AB/S 5

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Spargelfeld, 2021

woodcut on paper
each 217 × 116.5 cm (framed)
Edition 1/3
AB/D 134

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Spargel, 2021

woodcut on paper
128.5 × 157 cm (framed)
Edition of 3
AB/D 142

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Erntende, 2021

Woodcut on paper
197 × 122 cm (framed)
AB/D 135

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Erntender, 2021

woodcut on paper
218 × 124 cm (framed)

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Erntender, 2021

woodcut on paper
217.5 × 124 cm (framed)
AB/D 151

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Asparagus Harvest 5, 2021

Etching
74.5 × 104.5 cm (framed)
Edition 4/5
AB/D 123

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Asparagus Harvest 3, 2021

Etching
74.5 × 104.5 cm (framed)
Edition 4/5

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Asparagus Harvest 1

Etching
74.5 × 104.5 cm (framed)
Edition 4/5

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And Then We See, 2018

woodcut on paper
107 × 199 cm (framed)
107 × 179 cm (framed)
AB/D 93

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I have no works, 2017

woodcut on paper
97 × 175 cm
AB/D 69

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Vogelpredigt (sermon to the birds), 2010

woodcut on paper
180 × 120 each sheet
180 × 228 cm overall
AB/D 66

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Untitled (Three Kings), 2012

woodcut
130 × 214 cm
AB/D 2

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Phone Etchings, 2015

etching print on paper
each 220 × 121 (framed)
AB/D 37, AB/D 38

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Phone Etching, 2015

etching print on paper
195 × 112 cm
AB/D 37

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Beggar, 2016

woodcut on paper
136 × 99 cm
AB/D 65

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Beggar, 2016

woodcut on paper
174 × 125 cm
AB/D 86

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Beggar, 2015

woodcut on paper
150 × 128 cm
AB/D 79

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Tiere predigen dem Heiligen Franziskus (Animals preaching to St.Francis), 2004

woodcut on paper
67 × 49 cm (framed)
AB/D 110

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Framed (Painted ceiling), 2021

woodcut on paper
132.5 × 186.5 cm (framed)
AB/D 146

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Space, 2017

woodcut on paper
59 × 78.5 cm
AB/D 98

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Untitled, 2021

gesso and oil on cardstock, nine parts
each 20 × 26 × 0.2 cm
61 × 79 × 2.3 cm (framed)
AB/P 19

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Untitled, 2021

gesso and oil on cardstock, nine parts
each 20 × 26 × 0.2 cm
61 × 79 × 2.3 cm (framed)
AB/P 22

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Hill, 2017

woodcut on paper
177.5 × 146 cm (framed)
AB/D 57

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Coins, 2017

woodcut print on paper,
133.5 × 182 cm (framed)
AB/D 33

Untitled (bread pebble), 2012

reverse glass painting
48 × 36 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 5

Bread Painting, 2016

reverse glass painting
58 × 46 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 12

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Untitled (bread pebble), 2012

reverse glass painting
48 × 36 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 5

Bread Painting, 2016

reverse glass painting
58 × 46 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 12

Bread Painting, 2016

reverse glass painting
58 × 46 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 13

Bread Painting, 2016

reverse glass painting
58 × 46 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 14

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Untitled, 2013

glass painting on coloured mouthblown glass
55 × 45 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 4

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Untitled, 2013

glass painting on coloured mouthblown glass
56.5 × 44.1 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 7

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Bread Painting, 2016

reverse glass painting
58 × 46 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 12

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Untitled, 2021

reverse glass painting
50 × 40 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 26

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Untitled, 2021

reverse glass painting
50 × 40 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 27

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Untitled, 2021

reverse glass painting
50 × 40 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 30

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Untitled, 2021

reverse glass painting
50 × 40 × 0.2 cm
AB/P 32

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What is so terrible about craft? / Die Produkte der menschlichen Hand, 2019

double-channel video 32:00 Min
Edition 3/6
AB/V 4

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What is so terrible about craft? / Die Produkte der menschlichen Hand, 2019

double-channel video 32:00 Min
Edition 3/6
AB/V 4

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Tent (psychedelic), 2012

woodcut on paper
155 × 140 cm
AB/D 87

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Tent, 2019

glass painting
44.6 × 41.4 cm each glass
133.8 × 82.8 overall
AB/P 18

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Kunstgeschichte des Bückens (Art History of Bending), 2021

160 analogue 35 mm slides
Edition 2/2
AB/V 11

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Kunstgeschichte des Bückens (Art History of Bending), 2021

160 analogue 35 mm slides
Edition 2/2
AB/V 11

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Man muss die Welt sehen und zu ihr hingehen, 2019

glass painting
44.6 × 41.4 cm each glass
133.8 × 82.8 cm overall
AB/P 16

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Bench, 2012

handwoven fabric, wood, plastic crates
102 × 200 × 40.8 cm
AB/S 1

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Bench, 2012

handwoven fabric, wood, plastic crates
102 × 200 × 40.8 cm
AB/S 2

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Selfportrait Breastfeeding, 2018

ink on paper
42 × 59 cm
AB/D 103

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Mooshocker, 2016

bronze, 46 × 120 × 74 cm
AB/S 3

Coins, 2017

woodcut print on paper
133.5 × 182 cm (framed)
AB/D 33

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Moss, 2014

c-type print
each 63.5 × 82 cm (framed)

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Moss, 2014

C-type print
40 × 60 cm
AB/F 2

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Moss, 2014

C-type print
40 × 60 cm
AB/F 7

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Shepherds and Kings, 2017

160 analogue 35 mm slides
AB/V 12

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Shepherds and Kings, 2017

160 analogue 35 mm slides
AB/V 12

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Fabric Painting (Corner), 2015

stretched fabric
95 × 75 cm each
AB/P 17

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Corner, 2011

woodcut on paper
120.5 × 148 cm
AB/D 47

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Current Exhibition

The exhibition’s teaser image
Zürich

3 June–29 July 2023

Solo Show

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Past Exhibitions

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Selected Press

Musermeku

Andrea Büttner: Von tanzenden Nonnen und historischen Broten

Dr. Angelika Schoder

May 2023

In der Ausstellung „Der Kern der Verhältnisse“ im Kunstmuseum
Basel breitet Andrea Büttner eine Vielzahl an künstlerischen Erzählungen zu aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Themen aus.

Journal 21

ANDREA BÜTTNER IM KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL Behutsame Dramatik

Nikolaus Oberholzer

28 April 2023

In ihren vielschichten Werken verweist die deutsche Künstlerin Andrea Büttner auf komplexe gesellschaftspolitische Situationen und Brüche. Bei aller Dramatik der Verhältnisse tut sie das behutsam und in leisen Tönen.

Weiler Zeitung

Andrea Büttner im Kunstmuseum

Dominique Spirgi

28 April 2023

Das Haus lädt zu einem ausgedehnten Parcours durch die komplexen Kunstwelten von Andrea Büttner ein. Die deutsche Künstlerin offenbart sich dabei als gesellschaftlich engagierte, aber inhaltlich schwer fassbare Pendlerin zwischen den künstlerischen Medien.

Badische Zeitung

Von den Rändern in die Mitte

Annette Hoffmann

25 April 2023

Dienen, Arbeit und Schuld: Andrea Büttner legt im Kunstmuseum Basel/Gegenwart ein Netz von Verweisen und Bedeutungen aus.

BZ Basel

Kritische Spitzen: Andrea Büttner schält den «Kern der Verhältnisse» heraus

Hannes Nüsseler

20 April 2023

Mit einer wunderbar leichten und komplexen Schau zugleich schliesst Andrea Büttner im Kunstmuseum Basel an aktuelle Debatten an.

Art In

Andrea Büttner. Der Kern der Verhältnisse

16 April 2023

Mit Andrea Büttner. Der Kern der Verhältnisse zeigt das Kunstmuseum Basel eine breit angelegte Ausstellung der deutschen Künstlerin. Es handelt sich um die bisher grösste Schau dieser international ausgezeichneten Künstlerin.

La Liberté

Rétrospective Andrea Büttner au Kunstmuseum de Bâle

April 2023

Monopol

Künstlerin Andrea Büttner "In der Scham liegt radikales Potenzial"

Juliet Kothe

13 August 2021

Artforum

Andrea Büttner: On her iconographies of poverty

Juliana Halpert

23 October 2018

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