André Butzer

André Butzer (born 7 June 1973 in Stuttgart) is a German artist.

Life and work

Butzer studied for a short time at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart and the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, and was a member of the "Akademie Isotrop" group in Hamburg from 1996 to 2000.^[1]

Butzer became famous for his paintings, which he himself described as "Science Fiction Expressionism". His paintings can be sorted into different genres, such as the "Friedens-Siemense" (Peace Siemenses), "Schande-Menschen" (Men of Shane), the "Frau" (Woman) or the "Wanderer", completely monochrome or extreme, Abstract paintings that resemble colorful visions of lost technological utopias.^[2] According to Guillermo Solana, Butzer’s characters seem "like Disney figures painted by Munch."^[3]

Butzer names Walt Disney, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Friedrich Hölderlin and Henry Ford as his role models.^[4] He also appeared in public under the names N-Hölderlin, Henry Butzer, and Calvin Cohn.^[5] Butzer’s utopian, artistic design is located in the fictional place "Nasaheim" ("N"),^[6] a kind of pilgrimage site in space, "where the inhabitants contemplate the decommissioned machines of destruction and all who arrive there are made innocent".^[7]

However, his paintings do not appear to be translations of narrative structures; rather, they bring forth content, i.e., they express something that could not be said before.^[8] The artist often produces in series and instrumentalizes the means of repetition as an "amoral method of representation". Some of the paintings can be classified as history paintings, also through their depiction of history as a drama of individual figures.^[9]

According to Hannah Eckstein, Butzer’s paintings show a world that is "once again out of joint. His paintings and watercolors are as touching as they are disturbing. They call for caution and vigilance. All too easily, as history tells, man tends to repeat his transgressions and, all of a sudden, appears with a monstrously transformed face, as if in a Kafkaesque nightmare."^[10] Usually, he either applies paint very thickly, painting in several layers, or achieving lighter, cartoon-like results by using alla prima painting.^[11]

"Butzer’s fascinating fusion of early European Expressionism with ready-made American pop culture, the conceptual recurrence and apparent seriality of his figures, as well as his insistence on the bare human dignity, are a testament to his courageous and continuous enquiry into societal contradictions and social non-conformity."^[12]

Butzer lives in Berlin-Wannsee.^[13]

Solo exhibitions

2025: Skarstedt, New York. Frau am Tisch mit Früchten, Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
2024: Glaube, Liebe und Hoffnung, Museo Novecento, Florence. »... und der Tod ist auch ein Leben.«, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence. GfG Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg. Farbtheorie, Parish church St Nikolaus, Innsbruck. nw9 – Kunstraum der Stiftung Kunstwissenschaft, Cologne
2023: Maikäfer flieg!, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Kirschmichel, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Nino Mier Gallery, New York. Miettinen Collection / Salon Dahlmann, Berlin. Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf
2022: Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen
2021: 12 years collecting André, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles. Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid. André Butzer / Ulrich Wulff, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2020: Light, Colour and Hope, YUZ Museum, Shanghai. Museum of the Light, Hokuto. Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris. Carbon 12, Dubai
2019: Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck. Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2018: IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen. Nino Mier Gallery, Cologne. 1 Eis, bitte! (1999), Galerie Max Hetzler, London. Auf Wiedersehen in Kopenhagen. A Solo Show on Planet Earth, Sunday-S, Copenhagen. Selected Works from Private Collections, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2017: Växjö Konsthall, Växjö. Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai. Galerie Xippas, Geneva. Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles. Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck. Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga. Metro Pictures, New York
2016: ... und sah den Frieden des Himmels, Bavarian Army Museum, Ingolstadt. Neue Galerie, Gladbeck. Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo. Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
2015: Kunstverein Reutlingen. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2014: Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich. Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo. Carbon 12, Dubai
2013: Metro Pictures, New York. Gió Marconi, Milan. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2012: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago. Mário Sequeira, Braga.
2011: Kunsthistorisches Museum and CAC Contemporary Art Club at the Theseustempel, Vienna. André Butzer – Der wahrscheinlich beste abstrakte Maler der Welt, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover
2010: Nicht fürchten! Don't be scared!, Metro Pictures, New York. Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck
2009: Viele Tote im Heimatland: Fanta, Sprite, H-Milch, Micky und Donald! Paintings 1999–2009, Kunsthalle Nuremberg. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2008: Butzer / Dahlem, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid. Metro Pictures, New York
2007: Ortsmuseum Wolfshalden. Alison Jacques Gallery, London. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow. Friedens-Siemense (Teil 2) , Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
2006: Amerikanische Technik im Jahre 2017, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica. N-Leben, Gió Marconi, Milan. Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck. Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2005: Kunstverein Ulm
2004: Das Ende vom Friedens-Siemens Menschentraum, Kunstverein Heilbronn
2003: Chips und Pepsi und Medizin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Todall! , Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne
2002: Nasaheim Blumen , Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich. Friedens-Siemense (Teil 1) , Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna. Wanderung nach Annaheim, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
2001: Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Stuttgart
2000: Der Realismus bereut nichts, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
1999: Ich bin Munch, Galerie Esther Freund, Vienna

Group exhibitions

2026: Becoming Paula: London Berlin Worpswede Paris. 150 Jahre Paula Modersohn-Becker, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen. 700 Year of Art, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.
2025: The Long Now 1985–2025: Saatchi Gallery at 40, Saatchi Gallery, London. Collection Highlights, Rubell Museum, Miami / FL. I will look into the Earth: Miettinen Collection, Kunsthalle Helsinki. Only Human, Kunsthalle 8000, Wädenswil. seconda horisonda: Asger Jorn and the others. Erinnerungen an die Zukunft, Ketterer, Cologne. Denke frei, schaffe neu! Die Sammlung im Blick, Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen. All our Todays, MARe Museum, Bucharest. Sonne, Mond und Sterne — mit der Tradition nicht brechen, Städtische Galerie, Ostfildern. Maybe it was Magic: New works from the Miettinen Collection, Miettinen Collection, Berlin. Gras der Kindheit (Walter Zimmermann), Achim Freyer Kunsthaus, Berlin
2024: How to Collect Art: Karel Tutsch Story, Galerie moderního umění, Hradci Králové. Beginner’s Mind: Zum 75. Geburtstag von Walter Zimmermann, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin. Landschaftsmalerei, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck. »daß die Göttin nicht himmelwärts, sondern herab nach ihren Freunden blickt«, Secci Gallery, Florence
2023: Magic + Cool: Malerei der Jahrtausendwende, Museum Penzberg / Sammlung Campendonk, Penzberg. Now – Arte Contemporânea Mundial, Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte. Extraordinary Form: Abstract and Non-Figurative Art from Miettinen Collection 1970 to the Present, Miettinen Collection, Berlin. Meisterwerke der Druckgrafik, Feuerbachhaus, Speyer. The Day I say You: Retatos de la Colección Fundación AMMA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Querétaro, Mexixo City. The Teardrop explodes, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf. das gelbe Licht 6 Uhr nachmittags, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.
2022: Die Nacktheit der Zeichnung, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg. wir sagen uns Dunkles dark things we tell each other, Miettinen Collection / Salon Dahlmann, Berlin. #holzschnitt: 1400 bis heute, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Follow George Grosz – Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik und Filme, Kunstsammlung Jena. Mix & Match. Die Sammlung neu entdecken, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Through our eyes: Resonance and Illusion in Contemporary Portraits, Center of International Contemporary Art, Vancouver. Unendliche Geschichten. Aus der Sammlung Oehmen, Museum Ratingen. The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld, Soy Capitán, Berlin
2021: Expedition, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro / VT. Art-Book: Pictoriality in Print, Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo. Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart.
2020: Museum as a New Public Space: Distorted Portrait, Space K Gallery, Seoul. Under certain Circumstances, IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen. Hölderlinturm, Tübingen.
2019: Inaugural Exhibition, Rubell Museum, Miami / FL. Contemporary German Art from the Adam Collection, Dům umění – House of Art, Ostrava. Hymne an die Jugend, Märkisches Museum, Witten
2018: Gastspiel – Die Sammlungen Grässlin und Wiesenauer im Dialog, Sammlung Grässlin – Räume für Kunst, St. Georgen
2017: Abstract Painting Now!, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems. Peter Saul, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg. Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, Hall Art Foundation, Vermont.
2016: Sammlung Viehof – Internationale Kunst der Gegenwart, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. Wir suchen das Weite. Reisebilder, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
2015: German Cool, Salsali Private Museum, Dubai United Arab Emirates
2015: Avatar und Atavismus, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
2014: Ordinary Freaks. Coolness in Pop Culture, Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz. Wo ist hier? #1: Malerei und Gegenwart, Kunstverein Reutlingen. Fürchtet Euch nicht! Bestimmung des Feldes zu einer gegebenen Zeit: Malerei nach 2000, Neue Galerie Gladbeck
2013: Painting forever!, KW Kunstwerke, Berlin. Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba. Wenn Wünsche wahr werden, Kunsthalle Emden. Moca’s Permanent Collection. A Selection of Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2012: Eine Frau, ein Baum, eine Kuh, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt / Kunstraum Munich. Circus Wols, Weserburg Museum, Bremen
2011: Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany, Saatchi Gallery, London. Abstract Confusion, Kunstverein Ulm / Neue Galerie Gladbeck / Kunsthalle Erfurt
2010: Se Não Neste Tempo – Pintura Alemã Contemporânea: 1989–2010, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo. Permanent Trouble – Aktuelle Kunst aus der Sammlung Kopp, KOG Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
2009: Extended. Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
2008: Bad Painting – good art, MUMOK, Vienna. Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in & über Deutschland ZKM, Karlsruhe. Karotten und Schweinehals – Deutsche Kunst seit 1995, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg. Brillantfeuerwerk, Haus der Kunst, Munich. Back to Black, Kestnergesellschaft Hanover. Kommando Tilman Riemenschneider. Europa 2008, Hospitalhof Stuttgart.
2007: Euro-Centric, Part I: New European Art from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Imagination Becomes Reality. Eine Ausstellung zum erweiterten Malereibegriff. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe; Kommando Friedrich Hölderlin Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
2006: Imagination Becomes Reality: Ein mehrteiliger Ausstellungszyklus zum Bildverständnis aktueller Kunst. Part IV: Borrowed Images, Sammlung Goetz, Munich
2005: Les Grands Spectacles: 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg. Styles und Stile: Contemporary German Painting from the Scharpff Collection, Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia. Munch Revisited, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund. La Peinture Allemande, Carré d’Art Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes
2003: deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main. Vom Horror der Kunst, Steirischer Herbst 2003, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz. Heißkalt: Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart / Kunsthalle Hamburg
2002: Offene Haare, offene Pferde: Amerikanische Kunst 1933-45, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne. Schwarzwaldhochstrasse: Der deutsche Südwesten und die Folgen für die Kunst, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
2001: Viva November, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg. 1. Tirana Biennale: Escape, Tirana
2000: Akademie Isotrop, Kunstakademie Bergen
1999: Akademie Isotrop: Revolution, Evolution, Exekution, Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen. Akademie Isotrop: Contents and Documents, Cubitt, London
1998: Junge Szene, Secession, Vienna
1997: Akademie Isotrop, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart

Public collections

Art Institute of Chicago
Carré d'Art, Nîmes: Untitled, 2009, Oil on Canvas, 180 × 130 cm
Denver Art Museum, Denver
Galerie moderního umění, Hradci Králové: Untitled (KOMMANDO FRIEDRICH SCHILLER), 2004, Linocut on Paper, artist print, 216 × 160 cm, 1/5 – 5/5, here: 3/5 (Linn 11).
Hall Art Foundation, Reading / Derneburg: Portrait Carl Zuckmayer, 2004, Oil on Canvas, 300 × 200 cm. Bruno Bettelheim (Kinderpsychologe), 2005, Oil on Canvas, 280 × 220 cm
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin: Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 280 × 420 cm
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg: 1 Eis, bitte!, 1999, Acrylic on Canvas, 210 × 150 cm (Inv.-Nr. G-2025-20). Ohne Titel, 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 211 × 200 cm (Inv.-Nr. G-2025-21)
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami: Ländlich, 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 282 × 200 cm (Inv.-Nr. 2025.63.1)
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Landmappe, 2009, 14 Etchings on hand-made Paper, various formats, Edition: 1/10–10/10 + 2 a.p. + 2 p.p., here: a.p. (Linn 21). Untitled 1–2, 2010, Linocut on Römerturm 250 g, each 195 × 150 cm, Edition: 1/5–5/5 + 1 a.p. + 1 p.p., here: a.p. (Linn 24). Untitled 1–3, 2011, Etching on Hand-made Paper (3 parts), each 34,7 × 25 cm, Edition: 1/30–30/30, here: 30/30 (Linn 28). Untitled I–VIII, 2012, Woodcut on Incisioni Cartiera Magnani 310 g, 100 × 70 cm, Edition: 1/5–5/5 + 2 a.p. + 2 p.p., here: a.p. (Linn 29)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles: Untitled, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 180 × 230, David Hoberman Donation (M.2014.267.1). Ohne Titel (Munch), 2007, Watercolor on Paper, 295,9 × 204,1 cm, Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson Donation (M.2010.188.1)
Marciano Art Collection, Los Angeles: Untitled, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 210 × 150 cm. Untitled, 2019, Acrylic and Lacquer on Canvas, 365 × 285 cm
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris: Untitled, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 200 × 350 cm
Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig: Untitled, 2023–2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 200 × 321 cm
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (mumok), Wien: Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas, 294 × 202 cm (MB 191/0)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA): Untitled (Viele Tote durch Hermann Giesler!), 2007, Oil on Canvas, 290 × 250 cm, Stefan Simchowitz Donation (2012.61)
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania: I hann mei Flasch Fanda scho lang leergsoffa (Bleibet Gsond!), Oil on Canvas, 180 × 300 cm
Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen: Paula Modersohn-Becker, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 210 × 150 cm
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich: Xylon (f. Walter Zimmermann), 2022, Acrylic on Canvas, 240 × 191 cm (GV 424)
Rubell Family Collection, Miami: Friedens-Siemens XV, 2004, Oil on Canvas, 270 × 220 cm. Köchin vom Hasengulasche?, 2004, Acrylic on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm. Ludwig Troost, 2005, Oil on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm. Aufenthaltsort von Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 2005, Oil on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm. Untitled, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 200 × 250 cm. Mirinda Disziplinar, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm. Todesversion von Walt, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm. N-Technologie (tote Körper), 2006, Oil on Canvas, 280 × 460 cm. N-Supp’ Löffel X (Affen), 2006, Oil on Canvas, 260 × 200 cm. N-Leben (2), 2006, Oil on Canvas, 220 × 280 cm. Friedens-Siemens XX, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 320 × 260 cm. Ragonium L, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 260 × 340 cm. Untitled, 2007, Oil on Canvas, 70 × 105 cm
Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum: Portrait Kurt Schuschnigg, 2005, Oil on Canvas, 250 × 200 cm
Goetz Collection, Munich
Federal Collection of Contemporary Art, Bonn: Vater mit Mohn, Oil on Canvas, 215 × 310 cm
Seattle University, Seattle
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main: Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas, 200 × 251 cm
University of Chicago – Booth School of Business: Untitled, 2008, Oil on Canvas, 200 × 260 cm
University of Washington, Seattle
Yuz Museum, Shanghai: Abstraktes Bild Nr. 4710d, 2018, Oil, Acrylic and Lacquer on Canvas, 256 × 185 cm

André Butzer Archive

Since 2020, art historian Christian Malycha has been directing the André Butzer Archive, initially in Altadena, California, and Rangsdorf, since 2025 in Berlin.

References

^ See the chapter "Family Paintings", in: Christian Malycha, ‘’Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014‘’, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, pp. 7–27.
^ For an extensive biography and survey of Butzer’s work, see: Christian Malycha, ‘‘Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014’’, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018; in particular the first part of the book on "Science Fiction Expressionism," pp. 29–195.
^ Guillermo Solana in conversation with André Butzer, "Conspiring with the paint," in: ‘’André Butzer’’, Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2023, p. 62.
^ See André Butzer in conversation with Berthold Reiß, in: André Butzer: Pressemitteilungen, Briefe, Gespräche, Texte, Gedichte. Band 1: 1999–2017, Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst 2017, p. 63: "Friedrich Hölderlin. He is probably my favorite poet. That makes him one of my favorite personalities ever. Besides Hölderlin, there are Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch. These are people who help me do my thing, go my way. They act as patron saints. I carry them with me as a living bookshelf, as a reference library, without reading them."
^ "vonhundert : André Butzer // article". Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ Christian Malycha, Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–201, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, pp. 119–136: "But home has no place in this world. It is an invention, ‘everywhere and nowhere’ at the same time, existing only in the image. However, it is precisely in this self-aware fiction that he bases his own understanding of images. [...] What is "Nasaheim" or "N" and what does it stand for? ‘NASA’ is the extremely distant. That which takes place far away, in our imagination, beyond the world. Added to this is "Heim", meaning "something very close, warm," or human. Earthly and otherworldly. Already as a compound word creation, Butzer expresses a balanced state with "NASA-Heim" and names an "untouched" place, where everything that has been suffered is appeased and comes to an end. This is what N stands for."
^ Quoted from the poster for the exhibition "André Butzer: N-Leben" at Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan, 2006.
^ Christian Malycha, Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014," Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, p. 191: "A language that cannot be spoken because it is painting."
^ Thomas Groetz in: ‘’André Butzer: Chips und Pepsi und Medizin’’, Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2003.
^ Hannah Eckstein, "Maybug fly!", in: ‘’André Butzer: Maikäfer flieg!’’, Friedrichshafen: Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 2023, p. 8.
^ "On André Butzer's painterly techniques and materials, Eliza Reichel has conducted an extensive interview for the artemak project". Retrieved 21 November 2025.
^ Steffen Krüger, "Peaches", in: André Butzer, edited by Timo Miettinen, Berlin: DCV, 2024, p. 48.
^ "Kunstverein Friedrichshafen zeigt eine Einzelausstellung von André Butzer". arttrado.de. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

[1] See the chapter "Family Paintings", in: Christian Malycha, ‘’Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014‘’, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, pp. 7–27.

[2] For an extensive biography and survey of Butzer’s work, see: Christian Malycha, ‘‘Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014’’, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018; in particular the first part of the book on "Science Fiction Expressionism," pp. 29–195.

[3] Guillermo Solana in conversation with André Butzer, "Conspiring with the paint," in: ‘’André Butzer’’, Madrid: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2023, p. 62.

[4] See André Butzer in conversation with Berthold Reiß, in: André Butzer: Pressemitteilungen, Briefe, Gespräche, Texte, Gedichte. Band 1: 1999–2017, Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst 2017, p. 63: "Friedrich Hölderlin. He is probably my favorite poet. That makes him one of my favorite personalities ever. Besides Hölderlin, there are Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch. These are people who help me do my thing, go my way. They act as patron saints. I carry them with me as a living bookshelf, as a reference library, without reading them."

[5] "vonhundert : André Butzer // article". Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[6] Christian Malycha, Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–201, Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, pp. 119–136: "But home has no place in this world. It is an invention, ‘everywhere and nowhere’ at the same time, existing only in the image. However, it is precisely in this self-aware fiction that he bases his own understanding of images. [...] What is "Nasaheim" or "N" and what does it stand for? ‘NASA’ is the extremely distant. That which takes place far away, in our imagination, beyond the world. Added to this is "Heim", meaning "something very close, warm," or human. Earthly and otherworldly. Already as a compound word creation, Butzer expresses a balanced state with "NASA-Heim" and names an "untouched" place, where everything that has been suffered is appeased and comes to an end. This is what N stands for."

[7] Quoted from the poster for the exhibition "André Butzer: N-Leben" at Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan, 2006.

[8] Christian Malycha, Being and Image: André Butzer 1994–2014," Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag 2018, p. 191: "A language that cannot be spoken because it is painting."

[9] Thomas Groetz in: ‘’André Butzer: Chips und Pepsi und Medizin’’, Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2003.

[10] Hannah Eckstein, "Maybug fly!", in: ‘’André Butzer: Maikäfer flieg!’’, Friedrichshafen: Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, 2023, p. 8.

[11] "On André Butzer's painterly techniques and materials, Eliza Reichel has conducted an extensive interview for the artemak project". Retrieved 21 November 2025.

[12] Steffen Krüger, "Peaches", in: André Butzer, edited by Timo Miettinen, Berlin: DCV, 2024, p. 48.

[13] "Kunstverein Friedrichshafen zeigt eine Einzelausstellung von André Butzer". arttrado.de. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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