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Hydrosuit ‘Forel’ created by Andora, USSR, 1980s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 EUR Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR
Hydrosuit ‘Forel’ created by Andora, USSR, 1980s
Nylon, rubber, lining, eye applications
Soviet Union, 1980s
Integrated life jacket
Brown rubber gloves
Suit inscribed ‘Forel’ and numbered ‘N0580669 PA3MEP P8’ in Cyrillic
Dimensions: 168 x 64 cm (height x width)
Very good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
The hydrosuit ‘Forel’ was artificially changed by the POP ART artist, Andora

This wetsuit is usually used for emergency landings on water. The POP ART artist Andora has aliented this suit from its original role and created an ensemble which exemplifies his art language.

The present suit still possesses of the isolated brown mittens, as well as of the integrated inflatable life jacket with inflation tube and mouthpiece. The rubberized nylon overall in orange has got a zipper in front. On the sides are two folded leg pockets with Velcro fastener. At the arm ends are grey, elastic rubber cuffs. The attached boots can be closed with rods that run through 36 eyelets. An emergency light is attached to the suit at chest height and the light is battery-powered. A triangular patch is attached to the left shoulder. This patch depicts the lettering ‘CCCP’, as well as the flag of the USSR. The eye applications added the German artist and cosmonaut Andora to the suit.



The wetsuit is inscribed ‘Forel’ and numbered ‘N0580669 PA3MEP P8’ in Cyrillic. It is in good condition. The cords for tightening the shows and the legs are missing. Small pieces of the nylon have been mended. The dimensions of the suit are 168 x 64 cm (height x width).

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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