Our new series ‘Icons’ presents extraordinary masterpieces from celebrated 20th-century artists and groundbreaking creations direct from the studios of leading contemporary artists.
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois’s commanding spider sculptures are among the most iconic works of the past century. First depicted in a 1947 ink and charcoal drawing, this motif evolved into a prevailing theme in her sculpture by the mid-1990s, with ‘Spider I’ (1995) standing as a quintessential early example.
Ed Clark
A remarkable example of Ed Clark’s late work, ‘Green & Yellow-White’ (2004) demonstrates the artist’s singular approach to abstraction, materiality and color. In this monumental painting, wide swathes of paint were applied with confidence, resulting in a dazzling choreography of sea glass green, sunny yellow, crisp white and crimson red.
Nicolas Party
‘Still Life’ (2024) is a remarkable example of Nicolas Party’s alluring, imaginative still lifes. Party breathes new vivacity into this important historical genre, borrowing aesthetic flourishes from European masters such as Rachel Ruysch and Jan van Kessel.
Jack Whitten
‘Ode to Andy: For Andy Warhol’ (1986) showcases Jack Whitten’s pioneering approach to painting and abstraction. One of the highlights of his celebrated retrospective at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof in 2019, the work is an outstanding example of Whitten’s famous memorial paintings and innovative ‘acrylic collage.’