Howard Hodgkin

3 Sep-28 Sep 2024

Overview

I collect for the same reason that I eat too much—I’m one of nature’s shoppers.
—Howard Hodgkin

Gagosian is pleased to announce a presentation of work by Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017) at its gallery in London’s Burlington Arcade, and a takeover dedicated to the artist at the Gagosian Shop. The project explores the full breadth of Hodgkin’s wide-ranging interests in antiquities, design, food, literature, travel, and, of course, painting.

One of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary painters and printmakers, Hodgkin composed powerful, expressive works that, while apparently abstract, bring representation, gesture, and affect into urgent relation. Gagosian is proud to have exhibited works by the artist since 1998 and is excited to present this collaboration with his estate, which includes the vivid oil-on-wood painting Always Afternoon (2016). This composition in red, blue, brown, and white was previously featured in Howard Hodgkin: In the Pink at Gagosian Hong Kong, the artist’s 2017 debut exhibition in that country. Transforming a personal memory into an exalted experience of pure color, it conveys the artist’s unmatched ability to make visible the relationship between emotion, hand, and eye.

Also on view are a selection of prints by Hodgkin, including Indian Leaves (1982), a lithograph produced for the cover of a proposed limited-edition version of the catalogue documenting the Tate’s exhibition of the eponymous series.

In the Shop, items from the Howard Hodgkin Home range, including crockery, rugs, and soft furnishings, are available for purchase along with books on the artist and posters published to accompany various exhibitions. The basement floor also functions as a reading room with a selection of books and catalogues available for perusal.