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The Physical World

An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture

May 9–June 29, 2002
980 Madison Avenue, New York

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Riding With Death, 1988 Acrylic and oil paintstick on linen, 98 × 114 inches (248.9 × 289.6 cm)Collection The Hermes Trust, Courtesy Francesco Pellizzi

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Riding With Death, 1988

Acrylic and oil paintstick on linen, 98 × 114 inches (248.9 × 289.6 cm)
Collection The Hermes Trust, Courtesy Francesco Pellizzi

Damien Hirst, Stripteaser, 2000 Stainless steel and glass cabinet with two skeleons and medical instruments, 77 × 148 × 20 inches (195.6 × 376 × 50.8 cm). Private collection

Damien Hirst, Stripteaser, 2000

Stainless steel and glass cabinet with two skeleons and medical instruments, 77 × 148 × 20 inches (195.6 × 376 × 50.8 cm). Private collection

Jasper Johns, Tantric Detail III, 1981 Oil on canvas, 50 × 34 inches (127 × 86.4 cm). Collection of the artist

Jasper Johns, Tantric Detail III, 1981

Oil on canvas, 50 × 34 inches (127 × 86.4 cm). Collection of the artist

Yves Klein, RE 21, 1960 Sponges, stones and blue pigment on board, 78 × 65 inches (198.1 × 165.1 cm). Private collection

Yves Klein, RE 21, 1960

Sponges, stones and blue pigment on board, 78 × 65 inches (198.1 × 165.1 cm). Private collection

Franz Kline, Black Sienna, 1960 Oil on canvas, 92 ¼ × 68 inches (234.3 × 172.7 cm). Private collection

Franz Kline, Black Sienna, 1960

Oil on canvas, 92 ¼ × 68 inches (234.3 × 172.7 cm). Private collection

Jeff Koons, New Hoover Convertibles, 1984 Two vacuum cleaners and fluorescent lights in Plexiglas case, 58 × 41 × 28 inches (147.3 × 104.1 × 71.1 cm). Private collection

Jeff Koons, New Hoover Convertibles, 1984

Two vacuum cleaners and fluorescent lights in Plexiglas case, 58 × 41 × 28 inches (147.3 × 104.1 × 71.1 cm). Private collection

Pablo Picasso, Arlequin au Baton, 1969 Oil on canvas, 75 ½ × 50 ½ inches (191.8 × 128.3 cm). The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection, Los Angeles

Pablo Picasso, Arlequin au Baton, 1969

Oil on canvas, 75 ½ × 50 ½ inches (191.8 × 128.3 cm). The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection, Los Angeles

Jenny Saville, Matrix, 1999 Oil on canvas, 84 × 120 inches (213.4 × 304.8 cm). Private collection

Jenny Saville, Matrix, 1999

Oil on canvas, 84 × 120 inches (213.4 × 304.8 cm). Private collection

Richard Serra, No. 5, 1969 Lead antimony, 2 plates: 48 × 48 inches each (122 × 122 cm), Pole: 7 feet (213 cm), 3 ½ inches in diameter (9cm). Private collection

Richard Serra, No. 5, 1969

Lead antimony, 2 plates: 48 × 48 inches each (122 × 122 cm), Pole: 7 feet (213 cm), 3 ½ inches in diameter (9cm). Private collection

Cy Twombly, Untitled (New York City), 1954 Oil-based house paint, wax crayon and lead pencil on canvas, 68 ¾ × 86 inches (174.5 × 218.5 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston

Cy Twombly, Untitled (New York City), 1954

Oil-based house paint, wax crayon and lead pencil on canvas, 68 ¾ × 86 inches (174.5 × 218.5 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston

Andy Warhol, False Plate, 1961 Water-based paint on cotton, 36 × 44 ¾ inches (91.4 × 113.7 cm). Mugrabi Collection

Andy Warhol, False Plate, 1961

Water-based paint on cotton, 36 × 44 ¾ inches (91.4 × 113.7 cm). Mugrabi Collection

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Double Amber Bed), 1991 Rubber and high density foam, 47 × 54 × 41 inches (119.4 × 137.2 × 104.1 cm). Private collection, Los Angeles

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Double Amber Bed), 1991

Rubber and high density foam, 47 × 54 × 41 inches (119.4 × 137.2 × 104.1 cm). Private collection, Los Angeles

About

Gagosian is pleased to present a group exhibition of painting and sculpture entitled The Physical World. The exhibition will include works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Robert Ryman, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and Rachel Whiteread.

While seemingly diverse, the exhibited works all display a particular correlation between object and ground, whether achieved two-dimensionally or with an actual object. An underlying current of sexuality and death runs through and connects the works in the exhibition.

A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

Cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Spring 2024, featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat Cover

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2024

The Spring 2024 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available with a fresh cover design featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Lead Plate with Hole (1984).

Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat sitting inside his studio and in front of his paintings

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Los Angeles

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, met with filmmaker Tamra Davis, art dealer Larry Gagosian, and author and curator Fred Hoffman to reflect on their experiences with the artist during the 1980s in Los Angeles.

A Foreigner Called Picasso

Behind the Art
A Foreigner Called Picasso

Join president of the Picasso Museum, Paris, Cécile Debray; curator, writer, biographer, and historian Annie Cohen-Solal; art historian Vérane Tasseau; and Gagosian director Serena Cattaneo Adorno as they discuss A Foreigner Called Picasso. Organized in association with the Musée national Picasso–Paris and the Palais de la Porte Dorée–Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris, the exhibition reframes our perception of Picasso and focuses on his status as a permanent foreigner in France.

Dora Maar, Portrait de Picasso, Paris, studio du 29, rue d’Astorg, winter 1935–36

A Foreigner Called Picasso

Cocurator of the exhibition A Foreigner Called Picasso, at Gagosian, New York, Annie Cohen-Solal writes about the genesis of the project, her commitment to the figure of the outsider, and Picasso’s enduring relevance to matters geopolitical and sociological.

Installation view of Rachel Whiteread's ...And the Animals Were Sold exhibition in Italy

Rachel Whiteread: … And the Animals Were Sold

An installation by Rachel Whiteread in the Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy, commissioned by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo and cocurated by Lorenzo Giusti and Sara Fumagalli, opened in June of 2023 and ran into the fall. Conceived in relation to the city, the architecture of the site, and the history of the region, it comprised sixty sculptures made with local types of stone. Fumagalli writes on the exhibition and architect Luca Cipelletti speaks with Whiteread.

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.