Andy Fitz works primarily with sculpture, making inexact versions of figures, furniture and familiar objects. Made in series and painted in a faded, near-monochromatic spectrum, their work reflects back a departicularised version of the world in which actions are disjointed, light and shadow have form, and gravity seems less in control. Their sculptures are carefully constructed, but reject sleekness for a finish that is deliberately crude and scrappy, articulated by curling lines and uncertain wobbles. Human figures become uniform and featureless everymen, like the figurines on top of trophies, while clothing and household objects seem animated, teetering towards one another as if in communication, inhabiting a shared universe that omits us. There is a playfulness to their work, but also a sense of unease: these ambiguous sculptural forms appear suspended in time, acting more like images than objects.
Andy Fitz lives and works in Berlin.
Andy Fitz
Fisherman a half second later, 2022
plaster, paper mache clay, wire
45 x 17 x 42 cm / 17.7 x 6.7 x 16.5 in
Andy Fitz
tired cowboy, 2022
plaster, paper mache clay, rope
25.5 x 22.5 x 13 cm / 10 x 8.9 x 5.1 in
Andy Fitz
Pinocchio’s Bitter End (Lying Knows What Eye Nose Knot), 2022
wood, paint, graphite, paper clay
64 x 157 x 57 cm / 25.2 x 61.8 x 22.4 in
Andy Fitz
Pinocchio’s Bitter End (Rest in Glory, Whole Again), 2022
wood, paint, graphite
205.5 x 97 x 175 cm / 80.9 x 38.2 x 68.9 in
Andy Fitz
Pinocchio’s Bitter End (Snuffed Out!), 2022
wood, paint, graphite
98 x 107.5 x 72.5 cm / 38.6 x 42.3 x 28.5 in
Andy Fitz
Welcome (Electric Fence), 2022
steel, wiring, lampshades, bulbs
185.5 x 181.5 x 26 cm / 73 x 71.5 x 10.2 in
Andy Fitz
Journey's End (Electric Fence), 2022
steel, wiring, lampshades, bulbs
184 x 163 x 26 cm / 72.4 x 64.2 x 10.2 in
Andy Fitz
Desire Lines (Electric Fence), 2022
steel, wiring, lampshades, bulbs
184 x 216 x 25 cm / 72.4 x 85 x 9.8 in
Andy Fitz
Cats II, 2021
wire, card, tape, plaster bandage, pigmented jesmonite
18 x 74 x 43 cm / 7.1 x 29.1 x 16.9 in
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Cats VI, 2021
wire, card, tape, plaster bandage, pigmented jesmonite
94 x 21 x 50 cm / 37 x 8.3 x 19.7 in
Andy Fitz
Cats IV, 2021
wire, card, tape, plaster bandage, pigmented jesmonite
56 x 51 x 32 cm / 22 x 20.1 x 12.6 in
Andy Fitz
ALL HAIL, 2019
steel, card, plaster, fibreglass, resin, paint, football
142 x 151 x 92 cm / 55.9 x 59.4 x 36.2 in
Andy Fitz
LIAR LIAR, 2019
steel, card, plaster, fibreglass, resin, paint, pleather, glass bottles, t-shirt
66 x 70 x 141 cm / 26 x 27.6 x 55.5 in
Collection of Office of Public Works, Ireland
Andy Fitz
HERO, 2019
steel, card, plaster, fibreglass, resin, paint, pleather, sneakers
136 x 78 x 65 cm / 53.5 x 30.7 x 25.6 in
Andy Fitz
Vase, 2017
wood, foam, Plastiform and acrylic resin
55 x 20 x 10 cm / 21.7 x 7.9 x 3.9 in
Andy Fitz
Man, 2017
chicken wire, Papier-mâché, joint compound, expanding foam, surface: acrylic paint and resin mix
96 x 136 x 122 cm / 37.8 x 53.5 x 48 in
Andy Fitz
Mirror, 2017
wood, foam, plastiform, and epoxy resin
152 x 20 x 50 cm / 59.8 x 7.9 x 19.7 in
Cats, installation at Spoiler, Berlin, 2021
Fitz has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios (2018), Douglas Hyde Gallery’s Gallery Three (2016) and Kerlin Gallery in Dublin (2023, 2019); and L21 Gallery in Mallorca (2020). Forthcoming exhibitions include Stumped! Again!, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany (solo, 24 June – 6 August), POOL, Bernhard Knaus, Frankfurt (group, 8 July – 2 September), The Art of Sport, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland (6 August – 8 October), and a three-person exhibition at The Complex, Dublin (19 August – 3 September). Recent group exhibitions include Elvira, Frankfurt; Spoiler, Berlin (all 2021); Portikus, Frankfurt (2020); Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (both 2019); 12 Star Gallery, London (2017). Fitz is a recipient of the International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Andy Fitz
MOVE – SET – MOVE, 2023
The Complex, Dublin, Ireland
Andy Fitz
HUMAN DRAMA, 2021
Spoiler, Berlin, Germany
Andy Fitz
L’Esprit, graduation exhibition of Städelschule – Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, 2020
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Andy Fitz
Knock Knock, 2018
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Andy Fitz
Bored with a hole, two-person exhibition with Daniel Tuomey, 2016
NCAD Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Andy Fitz
In the Light of the Lamp, 2016
Gallery Three, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Three-person exhibition by Andy Fitz, Lucy Andrews and Katie Watchorn
Andy Fitz and Dorothy Cross are both included in The Art of Sport at Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Curated by Anna O'Sullivan.
Andy Fitz presents their first institutional solo show in Germany.
Hannah Fitz's exhibition at Kerlin Gallery has been reviewed by Frank Wasser for Frieze Magazine.
