2025-04-03
American artist Lorna Simpson joined the artists represented by Hauser & Wirth galleries. The artist in the mid-1980s became well known as an artist whose by her artworks challenged conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history and memory.
Lorna Simpson in her latest artworks uses hazy ink washes to present isolated figures amidst nebulous space. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Miami Art Museum, and Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin) also participated in the international exhibition the Documenta XI In Kassel, 56th Venice Biennale.
Hauser & Wirth is a worldwide known gallery. They have branches in New York, Los Angeles, Zurich and Somerset to support artists in the American and European markets. The founders want to open New gallery In Asia. Hauser & Wirth through twenty years work on the art market and nowadays, founders are known as one of the most Power people in the Art Business (number 3 on 2016 Power100, ArtReview). From the very beginning, Wirth chooses their niche in artists who were making more complicated artworks and needed support to make a commercial success.
Marc Payot in the official statement said that Simpson’s practice includes "complex issues of identity” through “a variety of media” which perfectly fits Hauser & Wirth, and it makes dialogue between other artists represented by the gallery such as Roni Horn, Rashid Johnson, Zoe Leonard.