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Archetypes and Icons

June 24–July 17, 2008
Beverly Hills

Installation view Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Installation view

Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Installation view Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Installation view

Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Installation view Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Installation view

Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

Works Exhibited

Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, 1969/75 Gelatin silver print, 8 × 30 inches (20.3 × 76.2 cm)© The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, 1969/75

Gelatin silver print, 8 × 30 inches (20.3 × 76.2 cm)
© The Richard Avedon Foundation

François-Marie Banier, Louise, Bourgeois, New York, April 2001, 2003 B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

François-Marie Banier, Louise, Bourgeois, New York, April 2001, 2003

B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

François-Marie Banier, Samuel Beckett, Paris, septembre 1989, 2006 B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

François-Marie Banier, Samuel Beckett, Paris, septembre 1989, 2006

B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

François-Marie Banier, Andy Warhol, Paris, décembre 1981, 2006 B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

François-Marie Banier, Andy Warhol, Paris, décembre 1981, 2006

B & W photograph, 15 11/16 × 11 13/16 inches (40 × 30 cm), edition of 7

Chris Burden, Big Pointy #1, 2006 Polaroid print on paper, 35 × 23 inches (88.9 × 58.4 cm)

Chris Burden, Big Pointy #1, 2006

Polaroid print on paper, 35 × 23 inches (88.9 × 58.4 cm)

Todd Eberle, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse Monument, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, April 28, 2005 Chromogenic print, 60 × 50 inches (152.4 × 127 cm), edition of 3© Todd Eberle

Todd Eberle, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse Monument, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, April 28, 2005

Chromogenic print, 60 × 50 inches (152.4 × 127 cm), edition of 3
© Todd Eberle

Todd Eberle, Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty," Great Salt Lake, Utah, April 11, 2005 Chromogenic print, 50 × 60 inches (127 × 152.4 cm), edition of 3© Todd Eberle

Todd Eberle, Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty," Great Salt Lake, Utah, April 11, 2005

Chromogenic print, 50 × 60 inches (127 × 152.4 cm), edition of 3
© Todd Eberle

Douglas Gordon, Self-Portrait of You + Me (The Beatles), 2007 Smoke and mirror, 20 ⅞ × 24 ⅞ inches (53 × 63.2 cm)

Douglas Gordon, Self-Portrait of You + Me (The Beatles), 2007

Smoke and mirror, 20 ⅞ × 24 ⅞ inches (53 × 63.2 cm)

Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, 1978 B & W photograph, 15 ¼ × 15 ¼ inches (38.7 × 38.7 cm)

Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, 1978

B & W photograph, 15 ¼ × 15 ¼ inches (38.7 × 38.7 cm)

Robert Mapplethorpe, Philip Johnson, 1978 B & W photograph, 14 × 14 inches (35.6 × 35.6 cm)

Robert Mapplethorpe, Philip Johnson, 1978

B & W photograph, 14 × 14 inches (35.6 × 35.6 cm)

Hans Namuth, J. Pollock with His Work No. 22, 1951, 1951 B & W photograph, 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm), edition of 90

Hans Namuth, J. Pollock with His Work No. 22, 1951, 1951

B & W photograph, 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm), edition of 90

Richard Prince, Live Free or Die 3, 1987 Ektacolor print, 86 × 47 inches (218.4 × 119.4 cm), edition of 2

Richard Prince, Live Free or Die 3, 1987

Ektacolor print, 86 × 47 inches (218.4 × 119.4 cm), edition of 2

Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy), 1999 Ektacolor print, 23 ½ × 19 ½ inches (59.7 × 49.5 cm), edition of 2

Richard Prince, Untitled (Cowboy), 1999

Ektacolor print, 23 ½ × 19 ½ inches (59.7 × 49.5 cm), edition of 2

Ed Ruscha, Manhattan as Seen from Staten Island Ferry, 1961/97 Gelatin silver print, Paper: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Ed Ruscha, Manhattan as Seen from Staten Island Ferry, 1961/97

Gelatin silver print, Paper: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Ed Ruscha, Venice, Italy from the Air, 1961/2003 Gelatin silver print, Image: 10 × 10 inches (25.4 × 25.4 cm), edition of 8

Ed Ruscha, Venice, Italy from the Air, 1961/2003

Gelatin silver print, Image: 10 × 10 inches (25.4 × 25.4 cm), edition of 8

Taryn Simon, Fatah Headquarters, 2005 Chromogenic print, 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm), edition of 7

Taryn Simon, Fatah Headquarters, 2005

Chromogenic print, 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm), edition of 7

Taryn Simon, The Separation Wall, 2005 Chromogenic print, 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm), edition of 7

Taryn Simon, The Separation Wall, 2005

Chromogenic print, 48 × 60 inches (121.9 × 152.4 cm), edition of 7

Alec Soth, Danielle, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2004 Chromogenic print, 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), edition of 10

Alec Soth, Danielle, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2004

Chromogenic print, 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), edition of 10

Alec Soth, Michael, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2004 Chromogenic print, 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), edition of 10

Alec Soth, Michael, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2004

Chromogenic print, 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm), edition of 10

Andy Warhol, Empire State Building, 1982 Gelatin silver print, 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Andy Warhol, Empire State Building, 1982

Gelatin silver print, 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

About

Gagosian is pleased to present Archetypes and Icons, a group exhibition of photographs by Richard Avedon, François-Marie Banier, Chris Burden, Todd Eberle, Douglas Gordon, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Hans Namuth, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Taryn Simon, Alec Soth, and Andy Warhol.

The diverse body of works includes Richard Prince’s Untitled (Cowboy) (1999), Todd Eberle’s Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” Great Salt Lake, Utah, April 11, 2005 (2005), and Taryn Simon’s Fatah Headquarters (2005). All are images of people, places, and things that refer to the icons and archetypes that shape our cultural realities.

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.

Elisa Gonzalez and Terrance Hayes

to light, and then return—: A Night of Poetry with Edmund de Waal, Elisa Gonzalez, Terrance Hayes, and Sally Mann

Gagosian presented an evening of poetry inside to light, and then return—, an exhibition of new works by Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann, inspired by each other’s practices, at Gagosian, New York. In this video—taking the artists’ shared love of poetry, fragments, and metamorphosis as a point of departure—poets Elisa Gonzalez and Terrance Hayes read a selection of their recent works that resonate with the themes of elegy and historical reckoning in the show. The evening was moderated by Jonathan Galassi, chairman and executive editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

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.

Five white objects lined up on a white shelf

to light, and then return—Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann

This fall, artists and friends Edmund de Waal and Sally Mann will exhibit new works together in New York. Inspired by their shared love of poetry, fragments, and metamorphosis, the works included will form a dialogue between their respective practices. Here they meet to speak about the origins and developments of the project.

Christopher Makos, Andy Warhol at Paris Apartment Window, 1981

In Conversation
Christopher Makos and Jessica Beck

Andy Warhol’s Insiders at the Gagosian Shop in London’s historic Burlington Arcade is a group exhibition and shop takeover that feature works by Warhol and portraits of the artist by friends and collaborators including photographers Ronnie Cutrone, Michael Halsband, Christopher Makos, and Billy Name. To celebrate the occasion, Makos met with Gagosian director Jessica Beck to speak about his friendship with Warhol and the joy of the unexpected.

Jessica Beck

Andy Warhol: Silver Screen

In this video, Jessica Beck, director at Gagosian, Beverly Hills, sits down to discuss the three early paintings by Andy Warhol from 1963 featured in the exhibition Andy Warhol: Silver Screen, at Gagosian in Paris.