Hauser
& Wirth Gallery
196A
Piccadilly
London W1J 9DY
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+44 207 287 23 00
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Exhibitions currently running:
Isa Genzken - Ground Zero - Isa Genzken presents a new body of work that will be displayed across the entire building; including the main gallery, mezzanine and vault room, as well as the American Room on the top floor which has been out of bounds for several years. At the exhibition’s core will be a presentation of Genzken’s long-awaited architectural proposals for Ground Zero, the twenty first century’s most historically significant site. These proposals take the form of architecturally induced sculptures produced in consultation with a specialist team of engineers to ensure that each model can be realised to the approximate scale of the World Trade Towers. Running contrary to official designs, Genzken envisages buildings with a social purpose – a church, hospital, car park, disco, memorial and shopping centre. The emphasis being on community projects that might help emotionally regenerate the site, as opposed to office buildings or the kind of structures one might find in Dubai. Until 17 May.
Hans Josephohn - Hans Josephohn ’s sculptures are shy beings, 'self-enclosed figures' in the words of their maker, who keep their distance from the chatter of contemporary culture. Until recently the German-born artist was little known outside Switzerland where he has lived since 1938, yet his profound oeuvre is increasingly becoming recognised by a growing number of curators, artists and critics. Josephsohn’s art is devoted entirely to the human form, the classical theme of sculpture: standing, sitting and recumbent; as full or half figures, bodyless heads or reliefs in which figures are positioned in relation to one another. Formed out of plaster, they are then cast in bronze. From 28 May until 26 July.