Opening Reception: ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, Part I’ and ‘Jack Whitten. Speedchaser’

Join us to celebrate the opening of two solo exhibitions, ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, Part I’ and ‘Jack Whitten. Speedchaser,’ at Hauser & Wirth London.

Tickets are free, with no advance booking required. We anticipate that this event will be busy, so please be advised that a one-in, one-out system will be in effect to manage queues. If we reach capacity in the gallery, we will ask you to queue for a short time.

About ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, Part I’
Emerging as a leading figure of the new generation of painters, George Rouy’s debut solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth London, ‘The Bleed, Part I’ will feature a new body of work continuing his inquiry into collective mass, multiplicities and movement, and human modes of existence. The second chapter, ‘The Bleed, Part II,’ will then follow at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles in February 2025.

Rouy’s dynamic and signature use of the human figure, vexed with desire, alienation and crisis, speaks to the emotional extremities of our time, resulting in explorations of identity in a globalized, technologically driven 21st Century.

About ‘Jack Whitten. Speedchaser’
Over the course of a six-decade career, Jack Whitten’s work has bridged rhythms of gestural abstraction and process art, arriving at a nuanced language of painting that hovers between mechanical automation and intensely personal expression.

Focusing on Whitten’s paintings and works on paper from the 1970s, this exhibition showcases a juncture in the artist’s painting career, which saw him reject the gestural brushstrokes of abstract expressionism in favor of experimental processes and materials. This includes rare works from Whitten’s landmark Greek Alphabet series (1975 – 1978), which was the focus of a dedicated exhibition at Dia Beacon, New York NY (2022 – 2023), consisting of variations of abstract, monochrome compositions and investigations into mark-making with handmade tools and techniques, including the comb, imprinting and frottage.

Both exhibitions will be on view from Monday 7 October – Saturday 21 December.

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