Andrea Bowers is a master of compositional surprise. Her figures sometimes defy gravity and are located in unexpected arenas of the picture plane, occupying the margins and other overlooked regions of the page, and her works reward close looking with an abundance of detail. Bowers‘ drawing is often praised for its fidelity to her source material or deemed „photorealist,“ and it is indeed a significant aspect of her work to conduct such rigorous primary research and to draw with such precision and assiduousness. She is always attentive to the specificity of the people she represents, who were originally depicted in the historical photographs, news accounts, and films she unearths.
— Julia Bryan-Wilson