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Andora (b. 1958), Painting, The Cosmonaut Andora in Space, `97

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:240.00 EUR Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 EUR
Andora (b. 1958), Painting, The Cosmonaut Andora in Space, `97
Mixed Media on canvas
Germany, 1997
Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Titled, signed, dated and with copyright note verso on the canvas in black paint ‘”der Kosmonaut andora in space 97” ©’
Dimensions: 60.5 x 50 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
One painting of the artist of the Space Expedition Andora MCMXCII Baikonur

Andora’s ‘Der Kosmonaut Andora in Space’ (= the cosmonaut andora in space) dates to the year 1997. The mixed media is executed in paint, lacquer, cardboard, US-American dollar bills and eye applications. On an orange-colored background is the mascot of the Space Expedition Andora MCMXCII Baikonur with the corresponding emblem on the cosmonaut suit. The figure is surrounded by a play of paint in black lacquer, which seems to form two figures at its sides with applied eyes. At the upper margin are three altered, US-American dollar bills. The lower area adorn small scraps of paper.



The painting is titled, signed, dated and with copyright note verso on the canvas in black paint ‘”der Kosmonaut andora in space 97” ©’. The painting is in good condition with color chips along the edges. The dimensions of the stretcher frame are 60.5 x 50 cm.

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in Berlin-East, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut put on the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing for the flight from the GDR, he was expatriated to Berlin-West. He studied social education from 1980 until 1984. Afterwards, he started creating his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, conceptual installations and video techniques succeeded. 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 of a comic-like world and painted 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. Today, Andora lives and works in Berlin.
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