Robin Dostoyevsky; Andy Hope 1930

Andy Hope 1930 is a German artist who combines conceptualism with a radically representational practice. He draws the universe of the imagination using a vast range of media, and extending the realism of the pictorial from flat images to relief, sculpture, installation and meta-installation. Andy Hope 1930 points to a pivotal year in history when the utopian aspirations of the modern movement gave way to darker forces within Europe, pausing the clock at a time when the destiny of the world hung in balance. The Americanism of the name recalls Andy Warhol, whilst allying this with spiritual optimism. Since 2010 the artist uses this conflicting sign for his own name. Robin Dostoyevsky is the title of the exhibition at the CAC in Málaga and is based on two completely different characters: on the one hand Robin, the inseparable companion of the comics hero Batman and on the other the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the great exponent of existentialism.

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