First Design for the project WEST in SPACE
Mixed media on metal
Germany, 1992
Andora (b. 1958) – German artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut
Height: 91 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
A model of a Russian Proton rocket with the artistic design of Andora

This is a model of a Russian Proton rocket with first designs for the project WEST in SPACE by the German German artist Andora (b. 1958). The pop art influence is clearly visible in the colorful design of the style of the artist. In 1992, the artist was commissioned by the Russian space program to paint a Proton rocket. Together with the artist Aitmatow, Leiderman, Rauch and Reich, he designed the rocket that was afterwards genuinely launched into space. Andora was greatly fascinated by space flight and space in general that he was trained as a cosmonaut in Russian Star City. Andora’s art succeeded in orbiting the earth in space and this model of the Proton rocket with Andora’s unique design is a special memorabilia of this artwork.



The model is in good condition with minimal traces of wear. The collage elements are partly coming off at the edges. The rocket model is 91 cm in height.

Andora (b. 1958)

Grown up as Andreas Hoge in Berlin-East, in the course of his career the artist, pop art painter and cosmonaut put on the pseudonym Andora. Accused of preparing for the flight from the GDR, he was expatriated to Berlin-West. He studied social education from 1980 until 1984. Afterwards, he started creating his first paintings that were of neo-expressionist manner. Later, conceptual installations and video techniques succeeded. Andora left the traditional canvas as a painting surface in the 90s and entered the three-dimensional reality with his pictorial language of bizarre creatures of a comic-like world and painted everyday objects. He accepted various commissions by large corporations, for example by WEST. This culminated in painting a Russian Proton rocket, which was then shot into space. Today, Andora lives and works in Berlin.

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