Ellen Gallagher

21 May-31 Jul 2021

Overview

Hauser & Wirth in London is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of new paintings by Ellen Gallagher opening on 28 May 2020.Drawing on ostinato architecture of jazz, the social experimentation of science fiction and the syntax of Minimalism and Conceptualism, Ellen Gallagher has created a body of work over almost three decades that transforms found figurative imagery and abstract forms into what the writer Greg Tate has called ‘chiaroscuro roadmaps,’ charting the maze of postmodern representation, race, beauty and belonging. Over a highly multifaceted career, Gallagher’s work has been united by what she calls a ‘jitter’, an intellectual approach in which aesthetic possibilities are shook loose from seismic cracks beneath the surface of cultural entities normally thought to be unshakable and impermeable.