In celebration of Gary Simmons’ first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in London, the panellists will discuss the artist’s practice, his new series and forthcoming comprehensive institutional survey at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
The gallery will be open at 9.30 am with light refreshments, followed by the discussion starting promptly at 10 am.
This event is free, however please ensure to book in advance.
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‘Gary Simmons. This Must Be the Place’ is on view 25 May until 29 July 2023.
For the artist’s first exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in London, Simmons will present a selection of brand-new paintings and sculptures. In these new works, Simmons continues to use erasure of the image as a powerful and recurring theme, a formal and aesthetic breakthrough technique that has informed much of his work and holds deep cultural significance. Used as a form of action painting, Simmons wipes the surface of his work while the paint is still wet in order to smear the image so that it simultaneously emerges and disappears. The tropes of erasure and ephemerality suggest the fleeting nature of memory and histories re-written, particularly in relation to the politics of race.
