Andrew Gilbert
In his works on paper and large-scale installations, the Scottish artist Andrew Gilbert (*1980) combines historical facts with fictive situations as well as the visionary with the absurd. The impulse is provided mostly by incidents connected with colonialism, especially that of the British Empire. Gilbert depicts the repetition of history and the impact of 19th century imperialism on today. His work also examines colonial propaganda in popular culture and literature. He challenges the Western controlled narrative and nostalgia for Empire today. Following recent social and political developments the questions Andrew Gilbert asks, in a darkly humorous and often brutal manner, are more relevant than ever.
Works
Andrew Gilbert, The Sun will never Set on the Leek Phone Empire, 2024, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Rose McDowall Squirrels live, 2021, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 50 × 65 cm
Andrew Gilbert, As the Cabbage rots the Sun will set on the Leek Phone (TM) Empire, 2024, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 65 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The Prophet Mlanjeni, southern Africa ~ 1850, 2023, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Afghan Squirel Velvet Underground tribute band, 2019, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Keeps your Uniforms Whiter than white, 2023, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Franz von Stuck in his studio, 1893, 2023, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 48 × 63 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Andrew feeds his pet Frog Horse, 2022, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 30 × 40 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Emperor Andrew's Funeral Procession', 2022, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 29.5 × 41.5 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Sacred Parrot Helicopter Invades, Occupies and destroys Britain', 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Warrior of Truth and Democracy', 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 41.5 × 29.5 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Brocoli Messiah arrives with Holy Toast', 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 65 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Get Brexit Done, 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 65 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Squirrels stay in nest and write Beautiful Poetry, 2021, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Great Britain is a Vampire on the throat of Europe, 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, E.L. Kirchner Squirrel – Davos – 15th June, 1938, 2022, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 65 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, HMS Tony Blair, 2022, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Hell is a VIP Contemporary Art TM Opening, 2021, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 50 × 65 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'On the Twelfth Day ~ Andrew witnessed the Fall of the Old Gods and Birth of the New', 2021, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 65 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Andrew in his retirement painting the landscape', 2020, acrylic, fineliner and watercolor on paper, 29.5 × 41.5 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The Saint Parrot Rose of Ostkreuz, 2020, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 64 × 50 cm
Constanza Meléndez
Andrew Gilbert, Bojo tied to rock ... and skinned alive, 2020, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Kirchner Crucifixtion, 2020, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The Settlers witness the Sky transform into Frogs, 2020, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Constanza Meléndez
Andrew Gilbert, Sacred Fetish Head of Lord Kitchener, 2020, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 64 × 50 cm
Constanza Meléndez
Andrew Gilbert, 'Spion Kop Rose, 23rd Janaury, 1900, South Africa', 2019, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'The Rose of Magersfontein – Andrew saw this on the morning of 10th December, 1899 – South Africa', 2019, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'The Rose of Magersfontein and death of Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope – December 11, 1899, South Africa', 2019, acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Spion Kop Rose – 24th January, 1900 South Africa', 2019 acrylic, watercolor and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Hast du Lust ?...Ja, ich habe Lust...auf ein Emperor Andrew Instant Coffee (tm), 2019, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Emperor Andrew exchanges a Bible for yet another Exotic Kingdom, upon which to build an Instant Coffee Plantation, 2019, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 48 × 64 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Andrew witnesses the Sky transform into Parrot Elephant, 2019, acrylic, fineliner and water colour on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Zulu Sangoma Doll - with Leek Phone', 2018, mixed media, 80 × 50 × 20 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'The Beast Of Brexit', 2018, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 50 × 64 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Zulu Fetish Figure', 2018, mixed media, 120 × 30 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Giraffes know who is inncocent and who is guilty', 2018, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'The Eternal Propaganda', 2018, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Trophy Head of Cecil Rhodes(TM)- free with Happy Meal (regd.) - made in China, 2017, verschieden Materialien, 174 × 106 × 60 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Lion - as bringer of the Prophecy of Isandlwana Victory, 2016, verschiedene Materialien, 30 × 40 × 1 cm
Andrew Gilbert, British Infantry Advance on Jerusalem, 4th of July, 1879, 2015, mixed media, 338 × 440 × 212 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Emperor Andrew's Vision of European Tribal War Idol, 2015, fineliner, watercolours, acrylic on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, During the battle of Rorke's Drift, 2014, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, War Idol, 2014, watercolours fineliner and acrylic on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The Death of Shaka Napoleon and Birth of the Holy Brocoli, 1815, 2014, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 200 × 150 cm
Andrew Gilbert, "On the Twelfth Day", 2014, fineliner watercolours acrylic on paper,64 × 50 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The head of General Gordon as the Mahdi's new Tea Pot, 2014, fineliner, watercolours and acrylic on paper, 62 × 48.4 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Baby Squirrel Saddam cooking his Dinner, 2013, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 41.5 × 29.5 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Holy Brocoli Kills the Imperial Serpent, 2013, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, British Grenadier Fetish - 1745, 2013, mixed media, 49 × 22 × 15.5 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Andrew loves Bavarian Army Museum - military museums are better than contemporary art galleries, 2013, acrylic watercolours fineliner on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, 'Andrew's Vision of Flying Demon', 2013, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 63 × 48 cm
Andrew Gilbert, The Battle of Omdurman, 2nd September, 1898, 2012, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 70 × 100 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Portrait of Emil Nolde, Namibia 1904, 2012, acrylic, water colour and fineliner on paper, 100 × 70 cm
Andrew Gilbert, Andrew at the Nolde Museum, 2011, fineliner watercolours acrylic on paper, 40 × 30 cm
Exhibitions
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour, LOUNGE, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, GODOWN, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, GODOWN, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, GODOWN, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, GODOWN, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, GODOWN, The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN 2024
Reimag(in)ing the Victorians, Curated by Isobel Elstob, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK 2023
Reimag(in)ing the Victorians, Curated by Isobel Elstob, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, UK 2023
Intelligence, Berlin 2023
Intelligence, Berlin 2023
Intelligence, Berlin 2023
Emperor Andrew’s glorious occupation of exotic Horice, Muzeum a galerie Hořice, CZ 2022
Emperor Andrew’s glorious occupation of exotic Horice, Muzeum a galerie Hořice, CZ 2022
Saint Andrew’s Vision of the Great Trek - Settler Propaganda from 1836 to the Present Day - sponsored by Leek Phone (tm), Sperling, Munich, DE 2020
Saint Andrew’s Vision of the Great Trek - Settler Propaganda from 1836 to the Present Day - sponsored by Leek Phone (tm), Sperling, Munich, DE 2020
Saint Andrew’s Vision of the Great Trek - Settler Propaganda from 1836 to the Present Day - sponsored by Leek Phone (tm), Sperling, Munich, DE 2020
The Rise and Fall of Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, DE 2020
The Rise and Fall of Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, DE 2020
The Rise and Fall of Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, DE 2020
‘The Glorious Opening of Emperor Andrew’s Museum’, Sperling, Munich, DE 2018
‘The Glorious Opening of Emperor Andrew’s Museum’, Sperling, Munich, DE 2018
XXIII. ROHKUNSTBAU 2017 – Schönheit im Anderen - The Beauty of Difference, Schloss Lieberose, Lieberose, DE 2017
XXIII. ROHKUNSTBAU 2017 – Schönheit im Anderen - The Beauty of Difference, Schloss Lieberose, Lieberose, DE 2017
Ulundi is Jerusalem, Andrrew is Emperor, Brocoli is Holy, Overbeck-Gesellschaft & St. Petri, Lübeck, DE 2016
Ulundi is Jerusalem, Andrrew is Emperor, Brocoli is Holy, Overbeck-Gesellschaft & St. Petri, Lübeck, DE 2016
Ulundi is Jerusalem, Andrrew is Emperor, Brocoli is Holy, Overbeck-Gesellschaft & St. Petri, Lübeck, DE 2016
Artist and Empire, National Gallery Singapore, Singapur, SGP 2016
Artist and Empire, National Gallery Singapore, Singapur, SGP 2016
Trophies of the Savages - Idols of Civilisation, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA 2015
Trophies of the Savages - Idols of Civilisation, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA 2015
Artist and Empire, Tate Britain, London, GB 2015
Artist and Empire, Tate Britain, London, GB 2015
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire, and: Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation...On Tour., dual exhibitions at The Delta INST, Hangzhou, CN
2024
- Emperor Andrew’s glorious occupation of exotic Horice, Muzeum a galerie Hořice, CZ
2022
- The Rise and Fall of Emperor Andrew’s Instant Coffee Plantation, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, DE
- Saint Andrew’s Vision of the Great Trek - Settler Propaganda from 1836 to the Present Day - sponsored by Leek Phone (tm), Sperling, Munich, DE
2020
- Ulundi is Jerusalem, Andrew is Emperor, Brocoli is Holy, Overbeck - Gesellschaft Museum, Luebeck, DE
2016
- Trophies of the Savages - Idols of Civilisation, Blank Projects, Cape Town, ZA
2015
- Andrew Gilbert / Akiyoshi Mishima, Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2013
- Vezalay to Ulundi, Galerie Na Bydilku, Brno, CZ
2006
Selected Group Exhibitions
- BEYOND HOMOGENEITY, curated by Alejandro Perdomo Daniels, Syker Vorwerk, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Syke, DE
2022
- The Invented History, curated by Kathrin Becker, KINDL - Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, DE
2020
- The Probable Truth, Vista Gallery, Tehran, IRN
2019
- Artist and Empire, National Gallery, Singapore, SG
2016
- Artist and Empire, Tate Britain, London, England, GB
- European Tribal Wars, with D.Wood and S.Kaminiski, Bavarian Army Museum, Ingolstadt, DE
2015
- Visionen, Marta Heford, Herford, DE
- Images for Images - Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, curated by Zdenek Felix, GASK Gallery of central Bohemia, CZ
2013
- Der Muede Tod, Kai 10 Raum fuer Kunst, Dusseldorf, DE
2009
- Irresistible Magazine, curated by Cedar Lewisohn, Tate Modern, London, GB
2007
- Intelligence I + II, curated by Cora Waschke, Berlin, DE
2023/24
Publications
Press
- The Indian Curator Interview, by Bhagya Bose: Interview, by Bhagya Bose, 2019 ↗
- Financial Times: Frieze satellite fairs reviewed, by Rachel Spence, 2018 ↗
- Unser Lübeck: Ulundi is Jerusalem, Andrew is Emperor, Brocoli is holy, by Christel Busch, by Christel Busch, 2016 ↗
- Kieler Nachrichten: Zulus, Tod und heiliger Broccoli, by Maren Kruse, 2016 ↗
- TATE: Legacies Of Empire, Interview with Hew Locke and Simon Grant, 2015 ↗
- Le Monde: Primitive Cabaret, by Philippe Dagen, 2013 ↗
- Art Magazin: Starter Andrew Gilbert, 2012 ↗
- taz.de: Der unbedingte Wille zur Form, by Ingo Arend, 2011 ↗
- AZ ART: Andrew Gilbert Une oevre frappadingue aux cadavres exquis, by Gérard Gamand, 2011 ↗
- The Saatchi Gallery Magazine: Death or Glory, Boys, by Patricia Ellis, 2010 ↗
Im Gespräch mit/Talking to Andrew Gilbert, Gastprof. Malerei
Andrew Gilbert : The Glorious Return of Emperor Andrew
Andrew Gilbert on his solo exhibition at Sperling Munich