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Rita Ackermann

RITA ACKERMANN

Vertical Vanish Hauser & Wirth 2 February–30 April 2023 Los Angeles
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Beginning 2 February, Hungarian-born, New York-based artist Rita Ackermann will debut a new body of work at Hauser & Wirth’s Downtown Los Angeles Arts District complex. On view in the North Gallery, Vertical Vanish, Ackermann’s first exhibition with the gallery on the West Coast, will unveil large scale gestural oil paintings that synthesise line, colour and form.

Repeated figures and motifs emerge and then disappear again within fields of saturated colour achieved through the artist’s actions–drawing, painting and erasing. Oil, china maker and acrylic are heavily worked into the surface of canvas and raw linen whereby figures are lost, lines are scraped away to reveal shattered compositions.

Ackermann’s latest works present a complex layering of visual language oscillating between abstraction and figuration into a subconscious unfolding of form.

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About the Artist

Rita Ackermann is a Hungarian-born, New York-based artist known for her dynamic paintings that merge figuration and abstraction, exploring themes of transformation, erasure, and the tension between chaos and control. Her works have been widely exhibited internationally and are held in major museum collections, cementing her status as a significant figure in contemporary art.

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About the Gallery

Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and Vice President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth has expanded over the past 26 years to include outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad. The gallery represents over 70 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity over the past quarter century, and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.

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http://www.hauserwirth.com

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11am – 6pm
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