ANDY WEBSTER
AN ALPHABETICAL CHRONOLOGY OF ARTIST STATEMENTS (2012 - 2025)
ABOUT
Andy Webster (b. 1964, Mansfield, UK) lives and works in Botallack, UK.
Damaged vinyl albums, hesitations during academic presentations, ad-libbed banter between songs, found photographs, misspelt signage, and DIY architectures all appeal to me. I am particularly drawn to their unplanned, provisional nature. I use these elements as source material for sculpture, sound works, prints, and performances.
I use various methods—erasure, amplification, substitution, and transcoding—to reconfigure materials and generate unexpected arrangements. Content is removed from academic presentations, leaving only hesitations. Scratched vinyl damage becomes the primary sonic content. A football kick replaces the artist's hand in mark-making. Sports commentary fills Cage's 4'33". Film screenings become browsable like bookshops.
By reconfiguring the familiar and sidestepping the expected, the work attempts to make visible and audible what typically escapes notice. This shift in attention—towards the peripheral, incidental, and unintended—creates space and time for different modes of experience.
I use various methods—erasure, amplification, substitution, and transcoding—to reconfigure materials and generate unexpected arrangements. Content is removed from academic presentations, leaving only hesitations. Scratched vinyl damage becomes the primary sonic content. A football kick replaces the artist's hand in mark-making. Sports commentary fills Cage's 4'33". Film screenings become browsable like bookshops.
By reconfiguring the familiar and sidestepping the expected, the work attempts to make visible and audible what typically escapes notice. This shift in attention—towards the peripheral, incidental, and unintended—creates space and time for different modes of experience.
NEWS
“42 Years”, Flamm x Auction House, curated by Anna Harris and Liam Jolly. Manchester Contemporary, UK. November 21 – November 24, 2025.
“Playing D.E.A.D.”, as part of the project “War aspects – Artistic interventions in Bavaria”, curated by Peter Kees. August 28 – October 5, 2024. Review by Anja Blum here:
“Rooms to Live”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Kat Au. Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre, Bury, UK. 11 November – 17 February, 2024.
“São Paulo Erms”, curated by Liam Jolly. Redruth Albany Club - Kingsgate Project Space, London, UK. 1 September - 2 September 2023.
“Trommeln In Der Nacht (Drums in the Night)”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Peter Kees. Ebersberg Kunstverein, Ebersberg, Germany, 2023.
“Reconstructed Bickershaw Free Tower”, as part of the Arkadien Festival, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Peter Kees. Ebersberg Forest, Germany. 19 May - 30 June, 2023. Review by Anja Blum here:
Residency at I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA. 28 August - 24 September, 2023.
“Sao Paulo Erms”, performed by Keith Sparrow, curated by Liam Jolly. Redruth Albany Club, Albany Club, Redruth, UK. 1 June - 2 June, 2023.
Residency at Volland Foundation, Alma, Kansas, USA. 13 June - 11 July, 2023.
“Peresic Swift Tower”, a collaborative project with Darren Ray, curated by Rinus van de Sande. Arte Contemporary, Rapita, Catalonia, Spain. 2023
“Moosach Piano Roll”, B-Sides & Rarities, curated by Fred Vergaert. Fred & Ferry Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. 8 April - 29 April, 2023.
“A Spacious Horizon Is An Image Of Liberty”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Peter Kees. U-Bahnhof Holzapfelkreuth, Münich, Germany, 2023.
“Maverick Façade and Stages”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Peter Kees. Ebersberg Kunstverein and Atelier Hubert Maier, Moosach, and Ebersberg, Germany. 10 July, 2022 – 29 August, 2022. Review by Vera Koschinski here:
Review by Anja Blum here:
“So the Red Rose”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Fred Vergaert. Fred & Ferry Gallery, and Radio Centraal, Antwerp, Belgium. 7 December – 18 January, 2022.
“Chimes”, 4 new projects, curated by Liam Jolly. Auction House, Redruth, UK. 1 October - 9 October, 2021.
“So the Red Rose”, a collaborative project with Derek Tyman, curated by Peter Kees. Arkadien-Festival, Ebersberg Kunstverein, Germany. 2021.