Selected Film and Video Works
6 June – 2 August 2025
London
6 June 2025
6 – 8 pm
6 June – 2 August 2025
This summer, Hauser & Wirth London presents ‘Figure + Ground,’ an exhibition of selected, single-screen film and video works made by 19 leading artists from the gallery’s roster. Opening during London Gallery Weekend, the North Gallery will be transformed into a screening room for the first time.
The exhibition brings together a variety of artists whose films and videos can be interpreted as exploring the dynamic between figure and ground in diverse ways. The selection of works also spotlights the development of moving image from the late 1960s to today. From film to the advent of analogue (single channel) video technologies during the early 1970s onwards, and later digital video, this technological expansion engendered a new genre of artistic production.
The artists featured are Sonia Boyce with Ain Bailey, Mark Bradford, Geta Brătescu, Martin Creed, Jeffrey Gibson, David Hammons, Camille Henrot, Rashid Johnson, William Kentridge, Glenn Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Pipilotti Rist, Mika Rottenberg, Anri Sala, Cindy Sherman, Roman Signer, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson and David Zink-Yi.
The programs will be screened on alternate weeks from 6 June – 2 August 2025. The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm.
Program One
Sonia Boyce with Ain Bailey, Oh Adelaide, 2010 (7 min, 28 sec)
Lorna Simpson, Cloudscape, 2004 (3 min, 30 sec)
David Zink-Yi, Huayno y fuga detras, 2005 (3 min, 43 sec)
Rashid Johnson, Samuel in Space, 2013 (4 min, 55 sec)
Mark Bradford, Practice, 2003 (3 min)
Jeffrey Gibson, To Feel Myself Beloved on the Earth, 2020 (16 min, 18 sec)
Cindy Sherman, Doll Clothes, 1975 (2 min, 22 sec)
David Hammons, Phat Free, 1999 (5 min, 2 sec)
Jeffrey Gibson, She Never Dances Alone, 2020, (2 min, 50 sec)
William Kentridge, Monument, 1990 (3 min, 11 sec)
Glenn Ligon, The Death of Tom, 2008, (23 min)
Lorna Simpson, Easy to Remember, 2001 (2 min, 36 sec)
Rashid Johnson, The Hikers, 2019 (7 min, 4 sec)
Roman Signer, Vers la flamme / Towards the Flame, 2014 (8 min, 40 sec)
William Kentridge, Fugitive Words, 2024 (8 min, 33 sec)
Duration: 1 hr, 42 min
Program Two
Camille Henrot, Grosse Fatigue, 2013 (13 min)
Anri Sala, Dammi i colori / Give me the colours, 2003 (16 min)
Gary Simmons, Desert Blizzard, 1997 (8 min)
Paul McCarthy, Whipping a Wall with Paint, 1974 (3 min, 24 sec)
Geta Brătescu, Les Mains / The Hands, 1977 (4 min, 55 sec)
Mark Bradford, Deimos, 2015 (1 min, 21 sec)
Roman Signer, Beim Radiosender Beromünster / At the Radio Station Beromünster, 2008 (1 min, 4 sec)
Paul McCarthy, Face Painting – Floor, White Line, 1972 (6 min, 2 sec)
Roman Signer, Zwei Schirme / Two Umbrellas, 2009 (1 min, 33 sec)
Martin Creed, Work No. 732, 2007 (2 min, 23 sec)
Roman Signer, Kugel mit blauer Farbe / Ball with blue colour (side view / view from above), 2012 (1 min, 34 sec / 1 min, 18 sec)
Pipilotti Rist, (Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler / (Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes, 1988 (11 min)
Mark Bradford, Spiderman, 2015 (6 min, 3 sec)
Mika Rottenberg, Squeeze, 2010 (20 min)
Duration: 1 hr, 37 min
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