{"id":22918,"date":"2014-10-15T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=22918"},"modified":"2014-10-15T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:40:44","slug":"andrew-guenther-greenpoint-open-studios-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2014\/10\/15\/andrew-guenther-greenpoint-open-studios-2\/","title":{"rendered":"~ANDREW GUENTHER . . GREENPOINT OPEN STUDIOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nand then it was time to visit ANDREW GUENTHER, a cutting edge indie artist – if I ever did see one.
\nhere he is looking like one big Greenpoint garden gnome . . and I mean that in a good way – with his young daughter EASTER. her full name is EASTER LILY, and I always blow it and call her TIGER, after Tiger Lily.
\n the Indian princess from PETER PAN<\/a>.
\nit’s hard to tell what she’s thinking, she’s very silent – but, totally focused on observing. <\/p>\n

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\nright off the bat, I see a black and white painting . . that I have never seen before: it’s a riot.
\nAndrew works out of this basement studio in his home, and keeps a near-by storage space for the larger works, and as a more formal viewing platform.<\/p>\n

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\nAndrew shows me another one of his newest paintings, a collaboration with his friend, painter RICHARD COWAN.
\nhe also had a collaboration with Richard in that recent Gowanus Canal show.
\nthis one is even more radical. it’s the head-on collision of the formal qualities; color, composition, graphics, etc – with the non-verbal content – that knocks the work off the wall, for me.<\/p>\n

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\nthis area was painted by RICHARD COWAN.<\/p>\n

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\nwhile this is Andrew’s painterly handiwork.<\/p>\n

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\nfooling around in the studio secrets – Andrew shows us a puppet he made of himself !!
\ntalk about big, pink and fuzzy . . except as a puppet, long, wild, and bearded . . fuzzy.
\nbut note . . the 24\/7 surveillance camera monitor in the background, just to the right of that puppet.
\nliving in NYC, or anywhere . . apparently, is no fun and games.
\nbut it’s fun to see a serious artist . . let down his hair !!<\/p>\n

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\nkind of shocking, is that a ‘beheaded’ self-portrait ?
\nI don’t think that is what he actually had in mind, but there ya go.<\/p>\n

actually I’m not so surprised, Andrew has a ‘craft’ side. one of my earliest photos of him – is him in the Silverstein gallery, so must have been about 2001 or so, and he has a rabbit (self-portrait ?) hand-puppet that he made – on his hand, saying hello . . to the camera.
\nI think of any artist I have photographed I have the most photos of Andrew, 14 years worth – if anybody wants to put on a show – you know, just ask !!<\/p>\n

god . . are the galleries in this town mostly lame right now, or what.
\nand trust me, ‘Independent’ . . does not<\/strong> spell: INDIE !! <\/p>\n

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\na ‘young’ Andrew . . puppet. kinda looking like . . Where’s Waldo !!
\nthat’s why I have so many photos of him, one: the work is superlative, always edgy, always evolving, always original. always INDIE !! and two: he is always changing, too.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what he thinks of the twisty path his career has taken, as opposed to the more commercial path of some of his early pals, like – name one: MATTHEW DAY JACKSON. but in my books he’s much better off for the being indie, & I have no worries that his career will catch up with him, big time.
\neven now, I get the feeling he is making sales, and keeping it on the low-down. storage spaces cost . . $$$.<\/p>\n

it’s not the artists that are holding things back in this town, it’s the dealers.
\nno imagination whatsoever.<\/p>\n

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\nI brought NICHOLAS STEINDORF along to meet Andrew. and obviously, he’s having a blast.
\nI think Andrew is a great role model for young artists – just . . STICK TO YOUR GUNS.<\/p>\n

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\nhaha SANTA & COLA . . a classic advert mix, thrown up, and coming back down . . radical, super smart, & funny !!
\nthis was just<\/em> a sketchbook page.
\nI was thinking, so where’s the silver glitter, and fake white cotton-ball snow ?!! <\/p>\n

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\nswitching gears, I spy Andrew’s paperback book: ‘POPCORN ILLUSIONS’, 2014.<\/p>\n

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\na random page said: “What do you consider your most understood endeavor either resolved or still in conflict ?”<\/p>\n

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\na random page was this hot dog \/ man puppet in a jar, and I do mean . . m-a-n.
\nthat’s what I was talking about, his ‘crafty’ side.<\/p>\n

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\nAndrew is stamping the inside cover.
\nwow, looks like I am<\/strong> scoring a copy – that I can really call – my OWN.<\/p>\n

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\ncrazy wild, dolphin stamp. <\/p>\n

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\ntalk about ceramics. <\/p>\n

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\nANDREW GUENTHER, with 2 seminal paintings from his Gowanus Canal show – anybody . . out there ?
\nlistening.
\nwith, half a brain ?<\/p>\n

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\njust as we are about to leave I catch this NEW TIMES MAGAZINE . . on the floor.
\n“EVERY HOUR, AN ACRE OF LOUISIANA SINKS INTO THE SEA. WHO IS TO BLAME.”<\/p>\n

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\nok, one more painting for the . . road !!<\/p>\n

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\nDOLPHINS: S.O.S.
\nHUMANS: S.O.S.<\/p>\n

trust me the days of MARY POPPINS, are o-v-e-r.<\/p>\n

in fact, more like PETER PAN, on steroids. laced with some very bad . . acid.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. OCT 5, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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