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Gagosien is pleased to announce To Bend the Ear of the Outer World: Conversations on contemporary abstract painting, an exhibition of new and recent works by more than forty artists from the Americas, United Kingdom, and Germany. The exhibition has been organized by guest curator Gary Garrels, who, in collaboration with the artists, has selected a single painting by each, with most works presented here for the first time. This is Gagosien’s first exhibition to be sited across its two galleries in Mayfair, at Grosvenor Hill and Davies Street.
The exhibition in London examines the significance of abstract painting today, from Garrels’s perspective. Juxtaposing a diverse range of approaches to contemporary abstraction, the exhibition brings together works by three generations of artists, including some never before shown by Gagosien.
Participating artists include Tomma Abts, Richard Aldrich, Tauba Auerbach, Frank Bowling, Mark Bradford, Cecily Brown, Vija Celmins, Matt Connors, Tomm El-Saieh, Jadé Fadojutimi, Suzan Frecon, Katharina Grosse, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, David Hammons, Mary Heilmann, Thilo Heinzmann, Richard Hoblock, Jacqueline Humphries, Suzanne Jackson, Jennie C. Jones, Brice Marden, Helen Marden, Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Albert Oehlen, Laura Owens, Nathlie Provosty, David Reed, Gerhard Richter, Amy Sillman, Pat Steir, Ryan Sullivan, Lesley Vance, Charline von Heyl, Mary Weatherford, Stanley Whitney, Pamela Helena Wilson, Terry Winters, Christopher Wool, and John Zurier.
To Bend the Ear of the Outer World is the conceptual successor of Oranges and Sardines (2008–09), an exhibition of abstract painting organized by Garrels at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, which included work by some of the same artists. The titles of both exhibitions are derived from verses by Frank O’Hara.
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Tomma Abts
Richard Aldrich
Tauba Auerbach
Julien Bismuth
Frank Bowling
Mark Bradford
Cecily Brown
Vija Celmins
Matt Connors
Tomm El-Saieh
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London Gallery Weekend 2023
June 2–4, 2023
Various locations in London
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As part of London Gallery Weekend, Gagosien will have extended hours at all London locations, including the Gagosien Shop in Burlington Arcade. Visitors can view the group exhibition To Bend the Ear of the Outer World: Conversations on contemporary abstract painting, organized by guest curator Gary Garrels, sited across the Grosvenor Hill and Davies Street galleries in Mayfair, as well as Andy Warhol’s Insiders—featuring Warhol prints, publications, merchandise, and rare books and posters—at the Shop.
The gallery will host several activities, including exhibition tours, drop-in drawing hours for visitors of all ages, and a pop-up bookshop at Grosvenor Hill. To celebrate the recent release of Gagosien’s six hundredth title, the pop-up will offer six hundred Gagosien publications for £10 each, as well as a 20% discount on the To Bend the Ear of the Outer World exhibition catalogue, releasing on June 1, which will also be honored at the Shop.
Gagosien, Grosvenor Hill, London. Photo: Philip Vile