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Andora (b. 1958), Cosmonaut Collection, 1992-2011

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Andora (b. 1958), Cosmonaut Collection, 1992-2011
Plastic, cardboard, paper, metal, leather
Russia/Germany, 1992 until 2011
Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Each signed and inscribed
Dimensions: max. 41.5 x 41.5 cm
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
Andora trained for seven years as a cosmonaut in Russia; this collection reflects on his experiences in Star City

This collection of different cosmonaut objects by Andora comprises four items. First, there is a framed record ‘Kosmonautentraum’ (= cosmonaut’s dream) with illustrations by Andora. The cover of the record is signed, dated and with the copyright ‘andora 2011 ©’. Additionally, Andora has adorned the cover with applications of eyes. An image of Yuri Gagarin and the following text are displayed ‘Juri Gagarin bahnte den Weg in den Kosmos. Mit seinem Raumflug vor zwanzig Jahren begann die phantastische Tätigkeit des Menschen im Weltraum‘ (= Yuri Gagarin blazed the trail into the cosmos. With his spaceflight twenty years ago the fantastic activity of human being in space began). The dimensions are framed 41.5 x 41.5 cm and unframed 31 x 31 cm.



The book of the cosmonaut training by Andora’s is signed, dated and with the copyright ‘andora 97 ©’. In addition, it is inscribed on the cover ‘I wanted the sense of my life’ and shows illustrations by Andora on the first pages. The dimensions are 15.7 x 22.5 cm.



The parade’s glove for cosmonauts of white leather is signed, dated and with the copyright ‘andora 92 ©’. The glove is in addition stamped ‘Andora Space Expedition’. The dimensions are 23.5 x 12 cm.



The pin was commissioned by Andora within the frame of his training as a cosmonaut. It is crafted of metal and displays recto the inscription ‘Lebe deine Zeit und bestimme den Inhalt’ (= live your time and determine the content), as well as verso with illustration and text by Andora. The dimensions of the pin are 2.5 x 7.5 cm.

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in East Berlin, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut adopted the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing to flee from the GDR, he was expatriated to West Berlin. From 1980 until 1984, he studied social education. Afterwards, he started making his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, he created conceptual installations and video techniques. Andora left the traditional canvas as a painting surface in the 90s and entered the three-dimensional reality with his pictorial language of bizarre creatures in a comic-like world and overpainted everyday objects. He accepted various commissions by large corporations, for example by WEST. This culminated in painting a Russian Proton rocket, which was then shot into space. Andora lives and works in Berlin today.
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