Work in The Bunker

Stephan Friedman Gallery: Sarah Ball, Jeffrey Gibson and Kehinde Wiley are part of Beth Rudin DeWoody's collection at The Bunker

The Bunker, Los Angeles, USA

Presenting rotating exhibitions and viewable storage of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, The Bunker showcases a wide range of contemporary art by both well-known and emerging artists, displayed alongside iconic pieces of furniture and other curiosities. The collection champions emerging, and at times, overlooked artists, especially in the early stages of their careers, and so the Bunker offers insight into a truly unique collection.

From a significant amount of work, Beth Rudin DeWoody and co-curators, Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow have assembled a selection that includes works by leading contemporary artists, that pushes beyond “the greatest hits” to deliver an expansive view of contemporary art today.

Featured artists include Sarah Ball, Jeffrey Gibson and Kehinde Wiley.

Laurent (2021) features in 'I'm stepping high, I'm drifting, and there I go leaping'

'I'm stepping high, I'm drifting, and there I go leaping'

Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, China

13 September–14 December 2022

Group exhibition 'I'm Stepping High, I'm Drifting, and There I Go Leaping' at Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art features 65 works by 49 female and gender-nonconforming artists around the world. Curated by Weng Xiaoyu, the presentation focuses primarily on the medium of painting and works made in the past five years.

Participating Artists: Joeun Kim Aatchim, Christine Ay Tjoe, Sarah Ball, Yael Bartana, Anastasia Bay, Zoé Blue M., Louise Bonnet, Carol Bove, Katherine Bradford, Theresa Chromati, Emma Cousin, 崔洁(Cui Jie), Mira Dancy, Jadé Fadojutimi, María Fragoso, Vivian Greven, 关小(Guan Xiao), 韩冰(Han Bing), Angela Heisch, Loie Hollowell, Brook Hsu, Allison Katz, Arghavan Khosravi, Leelee Kimmel, Koak, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Aubrey Levinthal, Taus Makacheva, Jesse Mockrin, Ebecho Muslimova, Tammy Nguyen, Katja Novitskova, Veronika Pausova, Hilary Pecis, Amalia Pica, Christina Quarles, Dana Schutz, Marina Perez Simão, Avery Singer, Sarah Slappey, Emily Mae Smith, Amanda Wall, 王裕言(Wang Yuyan), 王茜瑶(Wang Xiyao), Issy Wood, 孙一钿(Sun Yitian), and 张子飘(Zhang Zipiao), 志韦(Zhi Wei).

Laurent (2021) Oil on linen 160x160cm

Frieze Seoul. 2 - 5 September 2022

Stephen Friedman Gallery brings together artists Mamma Andersson, Leilah Babirye, Sarah Ball, Denzil Forrester, Hulda Guzmán, Deborah Roberts, Anne Rothenstein, Jiro Takamatsu and Caroline Walker for the first ever edition of Frieze Seoul. Each artist represents unique perspectives on figuration and landscape with new paintings and sculptures.

Gabe. Sarah Ball 2022 Oil on linen 120 x120 cm

Stephen Friedman Gallery presents ‘From Near and Far’, an exhibition exploring the notion of collage.

9 June - 23 July 2022

Emma Oil on linen 200x200cm 2022

Bringing together 16 contemporary female artists, the exhibition focuses on collage as a concept and an art form; from the traditional method of splicing together imagery to amalgamating figures, forms, gestures and viewpoints. The artists are united by a shared interest in figuration.

Curated by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of The Great Women Artists, and artist Deborah Roberts, the exhibition features over twenty works, many of which have never been shown before. Gallery artists Sarah Ball, Deborah Roberts and Caroline Walker all present new works. Other highlights include significant, large-scale paintings by Jordan Casteel and Amy Sherald; a series of collages by Lubaina Himid that have never previously been exhibited; and new works by Kenturah Davis, M. Florine Démosthène, Genevieve Gaignard, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Chantal Joffe, Aubrey Levinthal, Martha Rosler, Anne Rothenstein, Betye Saar and Mickalene Thomas.

‘From Near and Far’ demonstrates how artists have used collage to translate and evoke the world around them. The works dissect political and social norms embedded in mainstream visual culture and expose fractured aspects of society whilst also presenting images of unity.

The exhibiting artists build on the legacy of pioneering women such as Hannah Höch, who used the medium in photomontage, and Pauline Boty, who pioneered the technique of ‘painting’ collage. Kudzanai-Violet Hwami uses the technique of collage for its freedom and power to connect thoughts and words, whilst Deborah Roberts combines images of different skin tones, facial features, hairstyles and clothes to create empowering depictions of Black youth. Working with magazines, Martha Rosler brings to light social and political injustices, whilst Anne Rothenstein and Chantal Joffe use the medium in its rawest form to explore figuration.

Caroline Walker and Sarah Ball deploy collage in the preliminary stages of their work, blending preparatory photographs to create a composite image from which to paint, whilst Amy Sherald explores the figure/ground relationship by setting her figures against flat planes of bright colour.

Also at Stephen Friedman Gallery and presented alongside ‘From Near and Far’ is Deborah Roberts’ solo exhibition, ‘I want to talk about you’ at 25-28 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair.