Opening reception: ‘Philip Guston. A Painter’s Forms, 1950-1979’

Please join us for the opening reception of ‘Philip Guston. A Painter's Forms, 1950 – 1979’, the second exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong. Curated by the artist’s daughter Musa Mayer, the exhibition consists of almost 50 paintings and drawings from 1950 to 1979, surveying Guston’s major developments during his highly experimental career.

American artist Philip Guston’s legendary career spanned a half century, from 1930 to 1980. He was widely recognized as a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism before an unexpected return to figuration in the late 1960s, and with it the development of his highly original artistic language of pictorial symbols. His paintings – particularly the liberated and instinctual forms of his last works – continue to exert a powerful influence on younger generations of contemporary painters. The first solo presentation of the artist’s work in Asia since a traveling exhibition in Australia in 1985, this show traces the evolution of Guston’s forms, shedding light on the most prolific three decades of his long career.

This is a free event, no booking necessary