Andrew Brischler
Andrew Brischler
Self Portrait (as Catherine, Pink), 2025
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper mounted to panel
66 in. x 50 in. / 167.64 cm. x 127 cm.
Andrew Brischler makes paintings and drawings that examine his own queer identity through the lens of American popular culture. With an art practice firmly grounded in drawing, Brischler is best known for creating graphically bold work that investigates how our cultural consumption is inherently linked to our autobiographies.
Self Portrait (as Catherine, Pink) depicts Elizabeth Taylor—amfAR’s Founding International Chairman—as Catherine Holly in the 1959 psychosexual drama Suddenly, Last Summer, based on the play by Tennessee Williams. In the film, Catherine is institutionalized by her venomous aunt played by Katharine Hepburn in an attempt to cover up a family secret. Co-starring gay icon Montgomery Clift as a tortured psychiatric surgeon, the film has been canonized by queer film historians for its high-camp melodrama and veiled references to homosexuality. As the title of Brischler’s Self Portrait series suggests, the artist implicates himself into the narrative of the film, examining his own 21st-century queer experience through Taylor’s portrayal of Catherine, a character desperate for freedom, agency, and understanding.
Brischler holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, and a BFA from the State University of New York, New Paltz. He was the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Painting Fellowship in 2015 and the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Visual Arts Grant in 2013.
Most recently, he mounted a solo presentation with GAVLAK at the Independent Art Fair in May 2024. Previously, he has had solo exhibitions with GAVLAK Palm Beach (2023; 2019; 2013; 2012) and GAVLAK Los Angeles (2021; 2017; 2015); at The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, New York; at The Arts Club, London; and at 39 Great Jones, New York, New York. His work has been included in group exhibitions at The Bunker Artspace: The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida; the FLAG Art Foundation, New York, New York; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, New York; and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich.
Born on Long Island, New York, the artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn.
Courtesy of the artist (@andrewbrischler) and GAVLAK, Palm Beach
Photo by JSP Art Photography
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