Opening Party: Henry Taylor, Ursula Issue 11 & ‘Mother Weaver’ Premiere

Join us at our 18^th Street gallery to celebrate the opening of American artist Henry Taylor’s exhibition ‘no title’ alongside the launch of Ursula Issue 11 and the film premiere of ‘Mother Weaver’ from The Forgotten Her Story.  

Explore Taylor’s exhibition of new limited-edition etchings and hand-painted monoprints and celebrate Issue 11 of the gallery’s contemporary culture magazine Ursula. 

Being screened for the first time, ‘Mother Weaver’ is a film directed by Lily Cole for The Forgotten Her Story that tells the story of renowned art collector Ursula Hauser and delves into themes of maternal absence or presence, birth and death through the lens of the female artists that Hauser has championed throughout her life. 

Complimentary drinks will be served in the Roth Bar. 

RSVP recommended, but not required. Click here to register. 

About ‘Henry Taylor. no title’ 
Over the past four decades, critically acclaimed, Los Angeles-based artist Henry Taylor has created a vast body of highly personal work that combines figurative, landscape and history painting, alongside drawing, installation, and sculpture. For his first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York, Taylor moves into a new technical realm, debuting a series of limited-edition etchings and hand-painted monoprints, all produced in collaboration with Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley CA. Spanning from the humorous to the contemplative, this intimate collection of new works both distills and expands Taylor’s practice. It also serves as a record of the artist’s time spent in Berkeley, just a short distance from Laney College in Oakland, where he took his first etching class in the late 1970s. 

About Ursula Issue 11 
 
Devoted to its namesake, Ursula Hauser, Issue 11 of Ursula is a celebration of the more open and adventurous world that Hauser, one of the great art patrons and collectors of her generation, has helped to create. The cover features a detail of a striking new painting by Amy Sherald, whose work the curator Rujeko Hockley writes about with deep historical insight. Also inside are features by and about the work of Phyllida Barlow, Roni Horn, Eduardo Chillida, Aki Sasamoto and Rei Kawakubo, as well as Steve Martin, Simon Wu and Vanessa Adukwei Bulley. Each copy of Issue 11 also includes an exclusive postcard by New York-based artist Zoe Leonard. 

About ‘Mother Weaver’ 
Directed by Lily Cole, ‘Mother Weaver’ offers an intimate glimpse into the life of renowned art collector Ursula Hauser, and some of the incredible female artists she has championed: Pipilotti Rist, Louise Bourgeois, Luchita Hurtado, Ida Applebroog and Alina Szapocznikow. Through the lens of these female artists, and in discussion with Ursula’s daughter Manuela, ‘Mother Weaver’ explores themes of maternal absence or presence, birth and death. The film was created to celebrate the exhibition, ‘The Mother and The Weaver’ at London’s Foundling Museum, once home to 25,000 displaced and abandoned children across several centuries. 

About The Forgotten Herstory 
The Forgotten Her Story is a platform that celebrates womanhood, craftsmanship, thinkers and the handmade by telling the stories of some of the most fascinating women of our time.  Launching with a profile of Ursula Hauser and the new film ‘Mother Weaver,’ The Forgotten Her Story website and editorial platform will produce monthly profiles that delve into the life of a remarkable woman, providing an intimate glimpse into her unique life story and creative process.