As a preventive measure to ensure the health and safety of all our guests and staff, the exhibitions ‘Lorna Simpson. Everrrything,’ ‘Günther Förg. Appearance,’ and a Book and Printed Matter Lab presentation dedicated to Cal State LA student-directed documentaries are closed from 4 – 7 January and will reopen at a limited capacity on a first come, first served basis this weekend, 8 – 9 January between 11 am – 4 pm. No appointment necessary.

Lorna Simpson’s first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles – ‘Everrrything’ – will fill both North galleries and the open-air courtyard of the gallery’s Downtown Arts District complex with new sculpture, painting, and collage. Expanding her critically admired Ice series, Simpson’s new paintings allure viewers with layers of paradoxes, threading dichotomies of figuration and abstraction, past and present, destruction and creation. Collages on view continue the artist’s ongoing exploration of the medium through her appropriation and reimagining of imagery from vintage issues of Ebony and Jet magazines, which have been integral sources for Simpson over the last decade. The new works on view reveal the ways in which Simpson’s multidisciplinary, multivalent practice uniquely deploys metaphor, metonymy, and formal prowess to offer a powerful response to the daily experience of American life now.

‘Everrrything’ will also debut new sculptural works, both indoors and outdoors, that further invite viewers into the intricacies of Simpson’s vision.

In 2019, Simpson was awarded the esteemed J. Paul Getty Medal, honoring her extraordinary contribution to the practice, understanding, and support of the arts. Concurrent with her exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, two video works – ‘Redhead’ (2018) and ‘Blue Love’ (2020) – will be projected on the facade of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis as part of their ‘Street Views’ series.