Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe
Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

November 2024

The Sun will never set on the Leek Phone™ Empire – Leek Phone™ sponsored Contemporary Art Conversations

In the autumn of 2023, Andrew Gilbert traveled to Hangzhou, China, as representative of Leek Phone™ to explore potential business deals, establish new trade routes, seek territory for founding Emperor Andrew Instant Coffee plantations, and participate in the BY ART MATTERS artist residency program.

Volume VIII – Andrew Gilbert & Zhuang Ruizhe

Sperling

Not Fair, Warsaw
21.09.2017–24.09.2017
Andrew Gilbert

Sperling at Not Fair, Warsaw, 2017, presenting Andrew Gilbert.

In his works on paper and large-scale installations, Scottish artist Andrew Gilbert (*1980, lives and works in Berlin) 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.

Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw
Not Fair, Warsaw