Pendant light individually painted and signed by André Butzer from a series of 100 unique variants, diameter 34 cm (13.4 in.).
Includes hardcover volume in clamshell box, 11 x 13.3 in., 3,12 kg (6.87 lb), 420 pages.
Pendant Light by André Butzer (2021) is a luminous sculptural object, each individually hand-painted and signed by the artist. The spherical pendant lights, part of a series of 100 unique variants, fuse functional design with Butzer’s distinct visual language—featuring gestural lines, vivid colors, and recurring cartoonish faces. Suspended on fine cables, each globe becomes both a light source and a canvas, celebrating spontaneity and individuality. Accompanied by a comprehensive 420-page hardcover monograph housed in a clamshell box, this edition underscores Butzer’s intersection of art and utility. Each piece measures 34 cm in diameter.
André Butzer (German, 1973) blends Expressionism with Pop Art, creating vivid, often chaotic compositions. His work features recurring characters and symbolic color use, particularly his striking “NASAheim” series. Butzer’s distinctive style bridges cartoonish figuration with deep emotional intensity, making his paintings and prints both visually bold and conceptually rich.
Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.
Pendant light individually painted and signed by André Butzer from a series of 100 unique variants, diameter 34 cm (13.4 in.).
Includes hardcover volume in clamshell box, 11 x 13.3 in., 3,12 kg (6.87 lb), 420 pages.
Pendant Light by André Butzer (2021) is a luminous sculptural object, each individually hand-painted and signed by the artist. The spherical pendant lights, part of a series of 100 unique variants, fuse functional design with Butzer’s distinct visual language—featuring gestural lines, vivid colors, and recurring cartoonish faces. Suspended on fine cables, each globe becomes both a light source and a canvas, celebrating spontaneity and individuality. Accompanied by a comprehensive 420-page hardcover monograph housed in a clamshell box, this edition underscores Butzer’s intersection of art and utility. Each piece measures 34 cm in diameter.
André Butzer (German, 1973) blends Expressionism with Pop Art, creating vivid, often chaotic compositions. His work features recurring characters and symbolic color use, particularly his striking “NASAheim” series. Butzer’s distinctive style bridges cartoonish figuration with deep emotional intensity, making his paintings and prints both visually bold and conceptually rich.
André Butzer (b. 1973 Germany) is a German painter whose work fuses expressive figuration with vivid abstraction. His practice combines influences from Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, and German Expressionism, producing canvases filled with bold colors, cartoon-like figures, and intense brushwork. Butzer often draws upon both art history and popular culture, reflecting on themes of utopia, destruction, and identity. His recurring character "Friedens-Siemens" and stark color fields suggest a world caught between extremes—violence and harmony, capitalism and imagination. Over the years, his style has evolved from chaotic, energetic compositions to more minimal, contemplative works, though a strong emotional undercurrent remains constant. Butzer’s approach positions him as a singular voice in contemporary painting, bridging historical reference with personal mythology.
Pop Art is an art movement that began in Britain in 1955 and in the late 1950s in the U.S. It challenged traditional fine arts by incorporating imagery from popular culture, such as news, advertising, and comic books. Pop Art often isolates and recontextualizes materials, combining them with unrelated elements. The movement is more about the attitudes and ideas that inspired it than the specific art itself. Pop Art is seen as a reaction against the dominant ideas of Abstract Expressionism, bringing everyday consumer culture into the realm of fine art.