Andrew Schoultz, "Beast in Babylon," 1740-2014, acrylic and collage on antique copper plate print, 19 1/2 x 24 inches
Andrew Schoultz’s paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations eerily affirm the pervasive sense that everything is broken. Crumbling buildings, flying debris, sinking ships, shredded currency, turban-clad soldiers and U.S. flags populate his current exhibition, Blown to Bits. It’s political art that succeeds without didacticism, a rare thing. Schoultz not only sidesteps that pitfall, he brings dazzling draftsmanship and imagination to the task of symbolically representing the current zeitgeist.
