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Ecstatic Abstraction

July 16–August 21, 2009
555 West 24th Street, New York

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Works Exhibited

Damien Hirst, Barium Cyuanamide-C, 2007 Household gloss paint on canvas, 100 × 116 inches (254 × 294.6 cm)© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2009

Damien Hirst, Barium Cyuanamide-C, 2007

Household gloss paint on canvas, 100 × 116 inches (254 × 294.6 cm)
© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2009

Mike Kelley, Memory Ware Flat 27, 2001 Paper pulp, tile grout, acrylic, and miscellaneous beads, buttons, and jewelry on wood panel, 70 ¼ × 46 ½ × 4 inches (178.4 × 118.1 × 10.2 cm)

Mike Kelley, Memory Ware Flat 27, 2001

Paper pulp, tile grout, acrylic, and miscellaneous beads, buttons, and jewelry on wood panel, 70 ¼ × 46 ½ × 4 inches (178.4 × 118.1 × 10.2 cm)

Jeff Koons, Waterfall Tree Rocks (Dots), 2008 Oil on canvas, 108 × 84 inches (274.3 × 213.4 cm)© Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons, Waterfall Tree Rocks (Dots), 2008

Oil on canvas, 108 × 84 inches (274.3 × 213.4 cm)
© Jeff Koons

Yayoi Kusama, INFINITE-NOTHINGNESS, 2008 Urethane on canvas, 76 ⅜ × 76 ⅜ inches (194 × 194 cm)

Yayoi Kusama, INFINITE-NOTHINGNESS, 2008

Urethane on canvas, 76 ⅜ × 76 ⅜ inches (194 × 194 cm)

Roy Lichtenstein, Entablature #4, 1971 Oil on canvas, 26 × 216 inches (66 × 548.6 cm)© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein, Entablature #4, 1971

Oil on canvas, 26 × 216 inches (66 × 548.6 cm)
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Steven Parrino, Absence/Shift, 1990 Acrylic on canvas, in 2 parts, each: 71 ¾ × 108 ⅜ inches (182 × 275 cm)

Steven Parrino, Absence/Shift, 1990

Acrylic on canvas, in 2 parts, each: 71 ¾ × 108 ⅜ inches (182 × 275 cm)

Philip Taaffe, Unit of Direction No. 2 with Jurassic Flint Sponges, 2008 Mixed media on linen, 96 × 96 inches (243.8 × 243.8 cm)

Philip Taaffe, Unit of Direction No. 2 with Jurassic Flint Sponges, 2008

Mixed media on linen, 96 × 96 inches (243.8 × 243.8 cm)

Piotr Uklański, Untitled (Carmen), 2008 Crayon shavings on plexiglass in wood frame, 80 × 80 ¼ inches (203.2 × 203.8 cm)

Piotr Uklański, Untitled (Carmen), 2008

Crayon shavings on plexiglass in wood frame, 80 × 80 ¼ inches (203.2 × 203.8 cm)

Dorothy Lichtenstein and Irving Blum stand next to each other in front of Roy Lichtenstein's studio in Southampton, New York

In Conversation
Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein

In celebration of the centenary of Roy Lichtenstein’s birth, Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein sat down to discuss the artist’s life and legacy, and the exhibition Lichtenstein Remembered curated by Blum at Gagosian, New York.

Alison McDonald, Daniel Belasco, and Scott Rothkopf next to each other in front of a live audience

In Conversation
Daniel Belasco and Scott Rothkopf on Roy Lichtenstein

Gagosian and the Art Students League of New York hosted a conversation on Roy Lichtenstein with Daniel Belasco, executive director of the Al Held Foundation, and Scott Rothkopf, senior deputy director and chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Organized in celebration of the centenary of the artist’s birth and moderated by Alison McDonald, chief creative officer at Gagosian, the discussion highlights multiple perspectives on Lichtenstein’s decades-long career, during which he helped originate the Pop art movement. The talk coincides with Lichtenstein Remembered, curated by Irving Blum and on view at Gagosian, New York, through October 21.

Steve Martin playing a banjo

Roy and Irving

Actor and art collector Steve Martin reflects on the friendship and professional partnership between Roy Lichtenstein and art dealer Irving Blum.

Damien Hirst and Ashley Bickerton during an installation at Newport Street Gallery, London, c. 2017

Truth Revealed: Damien Hirst and James Fox on Ashley Bickerton

In conversation with James Fox, Damien Hirst reflects on the artwork of his longtime friend.

Damien Hirst's Reclining Woman on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Fall 2021

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Fall 2021

The Fall 2021 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Damien Hirst’s Reclining Woman (2011) on its cover.

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

Donald Marron

Jacoba Urist profiles the legendary collector.