Andrew Binder

The origin of my art is derived with a fascination with drawing, drawing mediums and the human form. Over time this fascination led me to explorations about the stuff of humanity in the still life genre, and finally the integration of figures, still life, and landscape, using pastels and other colored media.

As an artist I am primarily interested in books and book forms, because I am fascinated with the byplay between the complexity of the information that can be packed into a book’s contents, and the shear simplicity of traditional book forms. I am also fascinated by the interaction of image and text, and the movement between pages that force the viewer to be gently manipulated into an artist’s vision.

In my imagery I am moving away from the traditional collage techniques of appropriation and attempting to expand my artistic vision by taking my own original source material like Robert Rauschenberg did in his international series. In other words, I am making a world spanning archive of personal images that reference the collective gestalt of humanity, to use in my original art making. Rather than just appropriating photographic images.

Andrew Binder
“War and Health” © 2009
Etching with Collage and hand Coloring
Print size 11 X 15 in.
Frame size 16 X 20 in.

Andrew Binder
“Lady Colle’” © 2009
Etching printed on Inkjet print, with the Chine Colle’ method
Print size 11 X 15 in.
Frame size 16 X 20 in.

Andrew Binder
“Jump” © 2009
Lithograph, Stencil Color, Xerograph, ?Rubber Stamps, and Hand Coloring
Print size 11 X 15 in.
Frame size 16 X 20 in.