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Summer Reading

August 9–September 6, 2002
Beverly Hills

Alighiero E Boetti, Mappa, 1984 Embroidery, 44 ¼ × 69 ¾ inches (112.4 × 177.x cm)

Alighiero E Boetti, Mappa, 1984

Embroidery, 44 ¼ × 69 ¾ inches (112.4 × 177.x cm)

Douglas Gordon, it's back., 2002 Red vinyl letters on wall, 12 × 57 ½ inches (30.5 × 146 cm)

Douglas Gordon, it's back., 2002

Red vinyl letters on wall, 12 × 57 ½ inches (30.5 × 146 cm)

Neil Jenney, North America, 1978–90 Acrylic on panel, 25 × 113 inches (63.5 × 287 cm)

Neil Jenney, North America, 1978–90

Acrylic on panel, 25 × 113 inches (63.5 × 287 cm)

Bruce Nauman, Eat Death, 1973 Lithograph on Arjomari paper, 42 ½ × 31 ⅛ inches (108 × 79.1 cm)

Bruce Nauman, Eat Death, 1973

Lithograph on Arjomari paper, 42 ½ × 31 ⅛ inches (108 × 79.1 cm)

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Happy, 1996 Mixed media, 42 × 74 × 4 inches (106.7 × 188 × 10.2 cm), edition of 3

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Happy, 1996

Mixed media, 42 × 74 × 4 inches (106.7 × 188 × 10.2 cm), edition of 3

Richard Prince, Can You Imagine, 1989 Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 75 × 48 inches (190.5 × 121.9 cm)

Richard Prince, Can You Imagine, 1989

Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 75 × 48 inches (190.5 × 121.9 cm)

About

Gagosian is pleased to present Summer Reading, a group exhibition that brings together artists who use text in various and interesting ways.

The exhibition includes work by Alighiero Boetti, Peter Davies, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon, Neil Jenney, Larry Johnson, Sarah Morris, Bruce Nauman, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Richard Prince, and Ed Ruscha.

Installation view with Douglas Gordon, Pretty much every film and video work from about 1992 until now... (1999–)

Douglas Gordon: To Sing

On the occasion of Douglas Gordon: All I need is a little bit of everything, an exhibition in London, curator Adam Szymczyk recounts his experiences with Gordon’s work across nearly three decades, noting the continuities and evolutions.

still from video of eyeball

Douglas Gordon: if when why what

Douglas Gordon took over the Piccadilly Lights advertising screen in London’s Piccadilly Circus, as well as a global network of screens in cities including Berlin, Melbourne, Milan, New York, and Seoul, nightly for three minutes at 20:22 (8:22pm) throughout December 2022, with his new film, if when why what (2018–22). The project was presented by the Cultural Institute of Radical Contemporary Art (CIRCA) in conjunction with the exhibition Douglas Gordon: Neon Ark at Gagosian, Davies Street, London.

Michael Cary and Neil Jenney

In Conversation
Neil Jenney and Michael Cary

On the occasion of Neil Jenney: AMERICAN REALISM TODAY, the artist sat down with Gagosian curator Michael Cary to discuss paintings from Jenney’s recent series Modern Africa (2015–)—a subseries of the New Good Paintings (2015–)—and the preceding series, Good Paintings (1971–2015).

Richard Prince, Untitled (Original Cowboy), 2013, chromogenic print, in frame, 70 ⅛ × 100 ⅛ × 2 inches (178.1 × 254.3 × 5.1 cm) © Richard Prince, courtesy Richard Prince Studio

Picture Books: Percival Everett and Brandon Taylor

The second installment of Picture Books, an imprint organized by Emma Cline and Gagosian, presents author Percival Everett’s novella Grand Canyon, Inc. alongside Untitled (Original Cowboy), a photograph by Richard Prince. In celebration of the publication, Everett met with author Brandon Taylor to discuss the novella, the role of history in the writing process, and the similarity in methodologies for science and literature.

Black-and-white photograph: Donald Marron, c. 1984.

Donald Marron

Jacoba Urist profiles the legendary collector.

Jenny Saville’s Prism (2020) on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly magazine.

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Winter 2020

The Winter 2020 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Jenny Saville’s Prism (2020) on its cover.