Werner Büttner: Something very blond comes to town

  Artist: Werner Büttner Title: Werner Büttner: Something very blond comes to town Author: Kenny Schachter and Werner Büttner Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Book Format: Hardcover, 13 ½ x 9 ½ inches, 84 pages, 90 color plates Something very blond comes to town is the artist’s first show with the gallery to integrate these various tendrils of his practice in a more detailed illustration of his broader conceptual concerns. If we consider Büttner’s production to be concerned with his refraction of a continuous information flow—from ancient history and philosophy to current events to goings on outside his studio window—Something very blond comes to town expresses this fact through a variety of source materials and approaches. The oil paintings tackle life’s big existential questions via an acute art historical lens, while the sculpture and thrift store paintings rely on chance encounters with readymade materials to provoke a narrative. Together, the works establish a wry worldview th