"Sprayed. Works from 1929 to 2015" at Gagosian Gallery, London

WADE GUYTON & STEPHEN PRINA
"Wade Guyton“, Untitled 2011; Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen / Stephen Prina, PUSH COMES TO LOVE, "Untitled, 1999 - 2011, 2011“; Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen and acrylic enamel on linen;

DAN CHRISTENSEN
"Pavo“, 1968

DAVID BATCHELOR
"Untitled“, 2013; Spray paint, gouache and ink on graph paper;

ANDY WARHOL
"Oxidation", 1978

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER
"Satyr“, 2001

ALBERT OEHLEN
"Untitled“, 1992; Screenprint, acrylic and oil on canvas.

PIERO GOLIA
"Intermission painting #8 green to purple“, 2014; EPS foam, hard coat and pigment.

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
"Anteambulo Quincunx“, 1992; Painted Steel.

UGO RONDINONE
"dreiundzwanzigstermarzzweitausendundfunfzehn“, 2015;
Acrylic on canvas.

EDWARD RUSCHA
"Oaf“, 2009; Acrylic on museum board paper.

HARMONY KORINE
"TBD", 2014; Oil, house paint, and acrylic on canvas.

Photo by Rob McKeever

STERLING RUBY
"311“, 2014; Spray paint on synthetic canvas.

DAVID SMITH
"First Ovals“, 1958; Spray paint on canvas.

JULES OLITSKI
"New Gold“, 1967; Acrylic on canvas.

KIM GORDON
"Mulholland Series (Copper Wreath)“, 2014; Acrylic on canvas.

Photo by Fredrik Nilsen

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
"Untitled“, 1981; Aerosol paint, pencil, felt-tip pen, acrylic, and enamel paint on panel.

Artwork © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat

KATHARINA GROSSE
"Untitled“, 2015; Acrylic on canvas.

MARTIN BARRE
"67-2-3“, 1967; Spray paint on canvas.

JULIAN SCHNABEL
"Untitled", 2015; Inkjet print, ink, spray paint on polyester.

Photo by Rob McKeever

STEVEN PARRINO
"Untitled", 1991; Sprayed enamel, pencil on vellum.

KEITH HARING
"Untitled (FDR NY) #25 & #26“, 1984; Spray enamel paint on metal.

Photo by Mike Bruce

WADE GUYTON & STEPHEN PRINA
"Wade Guyton“, Untitled 2011; Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen / Stephen Prina, PUSH COMES TO LOVE, "Untitled, 1999 - 2011, 2011“; Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen and acrylic enamel on linen;

© Wade Guyton & Stephen Prina. Courtesy of the artists and Petzel, New York. Image courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Rob McKeever.

DAN CHRISTENSEN
"Pavo“, 1968

© Estate of Dan Christensen. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo Mike Bruce

DAVID BATCHELOR
"Untitled“, 2013; Spray paint, gouache and ink on graph paper;

© David Batchelor. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Mike Bruce

ANDY WARHOL
"Oxidation", 1978

© 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER
"Satyr“, 2001

ALBERT OEHLEN
"Untitled“, 1992; Screenprint, acrylic and oil on canvas.

© Albert Oehlen. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Lothar Schnepf.

PIERO GOLIA
"Intermission painting #8 green to purple“, 2014; EPS foam, hard coat and pigment.

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
"Anteambulo Quincunx“, 1992; Painted Steel.

© John Chamberlain. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Miriam Perez

UGO RONDINONE
"dreiundzwanzigstermarzzweitausendundfunfzehn“, 2015;
Acrylic on canvas.

© Ugo Rondinone. Courtesy Studio Rondinone

EDWARD RUSCHA
"Oaf“, 2009; Acrylic on museum board paper.

© Ed Ruscha. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery

HARMONY KORINE
"TBD", 2014; Oil, house paint, and acrylic on canvas.

Photo by Rob McKeever

STERLING RUBY
"311“, 2014; Spray paint on synthetic canvas.

© Sterling Ruby. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio and Gagosian Gallery. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer

DAVID SMITH
"First Ovals“, 1958; Spray paint on canvas.

© The Estate of David Smith. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Rob McKeever

JULES OLITSKI
"New Gold“, 1967; Acrylic on canvas.

© Estate of Jules Olitski. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Mike Bruce

KIM GORDON
"Mulholland Series (Copper Wreath)“, 2014; Acrylic on canvas.

Photo by Fredrik Nilsen

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
"Untitled“, 1981; Aerosol paint, pencil, felt-tip pen, acrylic, and enamel paint on panel.

Artwork © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat

KATHARINA GROSSE
"Untitled“, 2015; Acrylic on canvas.

© Katharina Grosse und VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2015. Photo: Olaf Bergmann

MARTIN BARRE
"67-2-3“, 1967; Spray paint on canvas.

© Martin Barré. The Syz collection

JULIAN SCHNABEL
"Untitled", 2015; Inkjet print, ink, spray paint on polyester.

Photo by Rob McKeever

STEVEN PARRINO
"Untitled", 1991; Sprayed enamel, pencil on vellum.

KEITH HARING
"Untitled (FDR NY) #25 & #26“, 1984; Spray enamel paint on metal.

Photo by Mike Bruce

Sprayed. Works from 1929 to 2015
11.6. – 1.8.

G agosian Gallery
6-24 Britannia Street
London WC1X 9JD

This extensive exhibition spanning four generations explores the myriad ways in which artists have employed the impulsive yet de-personalized and non-gestural forces of spray.

Works by Justin Adian, Richard Artschwager, Tauba Auerbach, Martin Barré, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Batchelor, Dike Blair, John Chamberlain, Dan Christensen, Dan Colen, Ida Ekblad, Jeff Elrod, Urs Fischer, Jack Goldstein, Piero Golia, Kim Gordon, Katharina Grosse, Wade Guyton, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, Hans Hartung, Alex Israel, Anish Kapoor, Paul Klee, Jeff Koons, Harmony Korine, John Latham, Joseph Logan, Nate Lowman, Olivier Mosset, Takashi Murakami, Albert Oehlen, Jules Olitski, David Ostrowski, Steven Parrino, Sigmar Polke, Stephen Prina, Ugo Rondinone, Pamela Rosenkranz, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Mira Schendel, Julian Schnabel, David Smith, Rudolf Stingel, Blair Thurman, Charline von Heyl, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Franz West, Michael Williams, Christopher Wool, Richard Wright.

- PRESS TEXT -

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Still from Keiken, Morphogenic Angels , 2022–23, prototype role-playing game. Courtesy: the artists

Still from Keiken, Morphogenic Angels, 2022–23, prototype role-playing game. Courtesy: the artists

Artist Talk: Keiken

On Friday 31 March at Soho House Berlin, Tanya Cruz speaks to Adina Glickstein about Keiken’s latest game, Morphogenic Angels, and the collective’s transmedial production of speculative worlds.

People

“Nicolas Moufarrege, National Studio Artist,” at “Nicolas Moufarrege's Room,” an unofficial exhibition installed in the artist’s studio, 1982. Courtesy: The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

“Nicolas Moufarrege, National Studio Artist,” at “Nicolas Moufarrege's Room,” an unofficial exhibition installed in the artist’s studio, 1982. Courtesy: The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Film-Strip Slices of A Mutant Brain

In a brief and internationally mythologized career, Nicolas Moufarrege, subject of a compact retrospective at CCA Berlin, threaded together feminized house craft, spray-can Pop, and an urge to find the all within.

People

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Michel Würhle in his home in 2006. All photos: Andrea Stappert

Michel Würthle in his home in 2006. All photos: Andrea Stappert

Art Is An Excess: Michel Würthle

In memory of Michel Würthle (1943–2023), we’re resurfacing his Autumn 2006 conversation with Roberto Ohrt and Harald Fricke on unoccupied spaces and Würthle’s unquenchable desire to make books.

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Nilbar Güreş, Mayzu , 2022. Courtesy: the artist and mumok, Vienna. Photo: Oliver Ottenschläger

Nilbar Güreş, Mayzu, 2022. Courtesy: the artist and mumok, Vienna. Photo: Oliver Ottenschläger

Remix as Revitalization

A group exhibtition at mumok, Vienna invited artists to pair their work with objects from the museum collection, briefly reversing the flows of power at the heart of modernism.

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Spike x Tezos: Deepsalon #2

On Thursday 23 March at despace berlin, our second panel with Tezos on art and Web3 takes on digital collecting, participatory engagement, and on-chain marketplaces.

Discourse

Caravaggio, Narcissus ,1597–99, oil on canvas, 110 x 92 cm. Courtesy: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome

Caravaggio, Narcissus,1597–99, oil on canvas, 110 x 92 cm. Courtesy: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome

Tragedy and the Superflat

As the blender of post-modernity makes an ever-smoother paste of our selves and our projections, Daniel Moldoveanu asks if we are becoming front-row voyeurs of a death we could prevent.

Discourse

Avalon Lurks (left) and Dese Escobar (right) at the PIN-UP party, EDITION Hotel, Los Angeles

Avalon Lurks (left) and Dese Escobar (right) at the PIN-UP party, EDITION Hotel, Los Angeles

7pm in Los Angeles

LA VIP Courtney Malick dishes on airport-hangar art mazes, who’s actually a DJ, and the yearly rerun of showing face.

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Views of Sanja Iveković, “Works of Heart (1974–2022),” Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 2022. All images courtesy: the artist and Kunsthalle Wien. Photos: Boris Cvjetanović

Zagreb Surrogate

Tea Hacic-Vlahovic takes in 50 years of Sanja Iveković’s irreverent polymathy at Kunsthalle Wien, from fake-masturbating above Tito’s motorcade to publishing her mother’s poems.

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