Hauser & Wirth at Frieze Los Angeles 2023
Press Release
Stand D1
16 – 19 February 2023
Hauserwirth.com from 6 February 2023
Los Angeles...Now in the seventh year of its multifaceted Downtown Arts District complex, Hauser & Wirth returns to Frieze Los Angeles with a focused presentation celebrating the city through an array of works by its LA-based artists. These paintings, sculptures, and a dazzling video installation together pay tribute to the gallery’s longstanding love affair with Los Angeles, a connection that extends back over 30 years to Hauser & Wirth’s founding in 1992 and that will be further affirmed by the opening of its second LA location in West Hollywood on 15 February.
This year’s fair stand (D1) features exceptional new and recent works by Larry Bell, Mark Bradford, Charles Gaines, Richard Jackson, Paul McCarthy, Gary Simmons, Henry Taylor and Diana Thater, alongside historical masterworks by Luchita Hurtado, Mike Kelley and Jason Rhoades.
Mark Bradford, Shall Rest in Honor There, 2023, Mixed media on canvas, 184.1 x 244.5 x 5.4 cm / 72 1/2 x 96 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. © Mark Bradford. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com
Paul McCarthy, A&E, POZZZY, Santa Anita session, 2021, Pencil, charcoal, oil stick, collage, shoe, plate, tea cup, stuffed animal, foam stuffing and tape on paper 288.3 x 182.9 x 7.6 cm / 113 1/2 x 72 x 3 in © Paul McCarthy. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Fredrik NilsenStand highlights
A centerpiece of the fair presentation will be Diana Thater’s ‘Flora’ (2020), a four-monitor video wall work featuring a mesmerizing array of flowers in full bloom.
‘Flora’ will be presented alongside ‘Untitled’ (2022), a vibrant portrait by Henry Taylor, whose first West Coast museum retrospective, ‘B Side,’ is currently on view at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Larry Bell’s ‘Golden’ (1969/2022), a freestanding coated glass cube sculpture that plays with the relationship between matter, perception and form; ‘Shall Rest in Honor There’ (2023), a major new mixed media work by Mark Bradford; ‘Buck’s Chandelier’ (2018), a multimedia sculptural light fixture by Richard Jackson; ‘A&E, POZZZY, Santa Anita session’ (2021), a drawing by Paul McCarthy from his ongoing A&E project; and ‘Landmark’ (2008), a large-scale painting depicting the first two letters of the famed Hollywood Sign by Gary Simmons, whose first comprehensive US museum retrospective, ‘Public Enemy,’ will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago in June.
Historical masterworks in the gallery’s stand include ‘Untitled’ (1966), an early biomorphic abstract oil painting by Luchita Hurtado; Jason Rhoades’s multimedia wire shelving unit couch-like installation ‘Item #20, Passion Fruit’ (2005); and ‘Untitled (Allegorical Drawings)’ (1976), a suite of 15 framed drawings by Mike Kelley.
Henry Taylor, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 213.7 x 152.4 x 7.9 cm / 84 1/8 x 60 x 3 1/8 in © Henry Taylor. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane
Richard Jackson, Buck‘s Chandelier, 2018, Stainless steel, glass, plastic, neon, electronic devices, Unique, 121.9 x 114.3 x 94 cm / 48 x 45 x 37 in © Richard Jackson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Gary Simmons, Landmark, 2008, Pigment, oil paint, and cold wax on canvas 213.4 x 213.4 x 3.8 cm / 84 x 84 x 1 1/2 in © Gary Simmons. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Keith Lubow
Larry Bell, Golden, 1969/2022, Coated glass with chrome edging, 31 x 31 x 31 cm / 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in © Larry Bell. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLaneHauser & Wirth West Hollywood
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George Condo. People Are Strange
On 15 February, Hauser & Wirth will open its second Los Angeles gallery – a transformed Spanish Colonial Revival building in West Hollywood – with an inaugural exhibition of new paintings and a sculpture by celebrated American artist George Condo. Titled ‘People Are Strange,’ taken from the hit 1967 song of the same name by legendary – and quintessentially Los Angeles – band The Doors, Condo’s latest canvases are filled with fragmented portraits and abstractions that echo LA’s sublime dissonance.
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Rita Ackermann. Vertical Vanish
Downtown at Hauser & Wirth’s Arts District complex, the North Gallery will present ‘Vertical Vanish,’ Hungarian- born artist Rita Ackermann’s first West Coast exhibition. Composed primarily of large-scale oil paintings that intuitively recast the interplay of line, color and form, the works on view make a game of repeated gestures, figures and motifs.
Zeng Fanzhi
Hauser & Wirth will also mount the first Los Angeles exhibition by renowned Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi. Featuring a series of monumental, abstract landscapes presented harmoniously in the soaring space of the South Gallery. A pioneer of contemporary Chinese art, Zeng is celebrated globally for his constantly evolving aesthetic and subject matter, and the works on view herald his latest artistic breakthroughs that contemplate the intersection of Western art and style with traditional Chinese subject matter and philosophy.
Editions
The Book Lab will exhibit selected contemporary and historical artist editions reflecting the gallery’s diverse program, and ongoing support for collaborations between artists and master printers. Divided into four sections and organized by process – woodcut, etching, lithography, screen printing – the presentation will feature examples of each medium from gallery artists and estates including Larry Bell, Jenny Holzer, Glenn Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Nicolas Party and Gary Simmons, and significant historical prints by Eva Hesse, Luchita Hurtado, Takesada Matsutani and Dieter Roth, among others.
The Performance Project
This ongoing initiative showcasing performing arts visionaries in a newly dedicated space at Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA, will present two special programs during Frieze Week.
Wednesday 15 February, 9 pm
‘It’s All About the AAWWWTTTT!!! Ball,’ the first ever five-category Exhibition Vogue Ball from the House of AWT Project, curated by the Iconic Sean/MilanTM Garcon, will feature over 30 House/Ballroom artists who will take center stage to compete in front of a panel of judges. Register here.
Saturday 18 February, 8 pm
GABE: In Concert with EJ Hill, [jef]Frey Michael Austin, Morgan Bassichis and DonChristian Jones. GABE will present a fusion of music, sculpture, comedy, and performance as a concerted mediation on queer kinship and commodification. Register here.
Visit Paul McCarthy’s legendary ‘WS White Snow’ installation
16 - 19 February, 11 am – 6 pm
For four days only, LAND, The Box and Hauser & Wirth will present Paul McCarthy’s ‘WS White Snow,’ the artist’s largest single work presented in the US, originally exhibited at the Park Avenue Armory in 2013. Like many of LA’s legendary secrets, ‘WS White Snow’ has been hidden in plain sight for the past decade: an 8,800-square-foot artificial forest and a faithful replica of the artist’s family home have stood fully installed in a warehouse in East LA. Register here for the first and possibly only time to experience the work in situ.
Press contacts:
Ben Thornborough benthornborough@hauserwirth.com +1 914 456 9302
Andrea Schwan info@andreaschwan.com +1 917 371 5023
Caption and courtesy information:
Diana Thater
Flora
2020
4 monitor video wall
Ed. of 1 + 1 AP
Overall: 109.5 x 250.2 x 7.6 cm / 43 1/8 x 98 1/2 x 3 in
© Diana Thater
Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, New York/London, and 1301PE, Los Angeles Photo: Dan Bradica
Luchita Hurtado
Untitled
1966
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 55.9 cm / 20 x 22 in
54.6 x 59.7 x 3.8 cm / 21 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2 in (framed)
© The Estate of Luchita Hurtado
Courtesy The Estate of Luchita Hurtado and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Jeff McLane
Jason Rhoades
Item #20, Passion Fruit
2005
Fake Metro brand Super Erecta® Shelf wire shelving unit, black light neon phrase, 120 V Transformer, GTO cable, Egyptian Hookah pipe (brass), Chinese rag rugs, bever-felt cowboy hat, pipe cleaners, glass fruit, camel saddle style footstool cushion, dream catchers, orange extension cord, pipe cleaners, leather palette shaped blotter, Chinese scholar stone, spotlight, Egyptian cotton, scaffolding counter weight, monofilament, monofilament crimps, Books: The Spirit of Gongshi, Scholars‘ Rocks in Ancient China, Basquiat
226 x 314 x 138 cm / 89 x 123 5/8 x 54 3/8 in
© The Estate of Jason Rhoades
Courtesy The Estate, Hauser & Wirth and David Zwirner
Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Mark Bradford
Shall Rest in Honor There
2023
Mixed media on canvas
184.1 x 244.5 x 5.4 cm / 72 1/2 x 96 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.
© Mark Bradford
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com
Paul McCarthy
A&E, POZZZY, Santa Anita session
2021
Pencil, charcoal, oil stick, collage, shoe, plate, tea cup, stuffed animal, foam stuffing and tape on paper 288.3 x 182.9 x 7.6 cm / 113 1/2 x 72 x 3 in
© Paul McCarthy
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Henry Taylor
Untitled
2022
Acrylic on canvas
213.7 x 152.4 x 7.9 cm / 84 1/8 x 60 x 3 1/8 in
© Henry Taylor
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Jeff McLane
Richard Jackson
Buck‘s Chandelier
2018
Stainless steel, glass, plastic, neon, electronic devices
Unique
121.9 x 114.3 x 94 cm / 48 x 45 x 37 in
© Richard Jackson
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Gary Simmons
Landmark
2008
Pigment, oil paint, and cold wax on canvas 213.4 x 213.4 x 3.8 cm / 84 x 84 x 1 1/2 in
© Gary Simmons
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Keith Lubow
Larry Bell
Golden
1969/2022
Coated glass with chrome edging
31 x 31 x 31 cm / 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
© Larry Bell
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Jeff McLane
Paul McCarthy
Performance still from WS White Snow, 2013
© Paul McCarthy
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Joshua White
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