Robert Indiana for Yorkshire Sculpture Park: A Benefit Print Exhibition at our London Gallery

This significant group of works highlights some of Indiana’s pivotal and enduring themes including his iconic series LOVE, his focus towards the subject of numbers, and a tribute to the slips, an area of Manhattan, New York NY where he lived and began his artistic career. The exhibition also introduces early depictions of Marilyn Monroe as a symbol of American popular culture and celebrity, and its sometimes-tragic consequences.

Indiana began printmaking in the mid-1960s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he worked on several projects with Robert Blanton of Brand X Editions in New York NY, before later reconnecting with the master printer in 2000. This is the first time that a significant group of these limited-edition serigraphs is being exhibited together, presenting a rare opportunity to own works that have never previously been offered on the open market. Each serigraph relates directly to a painting made by Indiana between the years 1959 and 1999 and chosen by the artist for a limited-edition screen print. The works that will be shown in the exhibition are published by G & S Editions.

About The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
Established in 2022, and headed by Simon Salama-Caro, The Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative, LLC aims to increase awareness of and appreciation for the depth and breadth of the work of artist Robert Indiana. Addressing curators and scholars, collectors, art-market professionals, and the public at large, the organization maintains a collection and archive of Indiana’s art; encourages and supports exhibitions and public installations of Indiana’s work; and assists with and promotes scholarly research on Indiana and his artistic career.

About Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Founded in 1977, Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is a unique, international destination for modern and contemporary sculpture, inspiring all people to enjoy and engage with art, nature, creativity, and our shared humanity. It is an independent charitable trust and registered museum situated in the 500-acre, 18th-Century Bretton Hall estate in West and South Yorkshire, UK. With a remarkable learning program, rolling exhibitions, and permanent and changing sculptures sited in the landscape, across its history, YSP has worked with over 1,000 artists from more than 40 countries. They include Ai Weiwei, Fiona Banner, Tony Cragg, Leonardo Drew, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, KAWS, Lindsey Mendick, Henry Moore, Annie Morris, David Nash, Sean Scully, Chiharu Shiota, Yinka Shonibare CBE, David Smith, James Turrell, Joana Vasconcelos, Bill Viola, and Erwin Wurm.

YSP has worked with several Hauser & Wirth artists, including exhibitions of work by Hans Josephsohn and David Smith, as well as the long loans of Martin Creed’s ‘Work No. 700’ (2007) and Phyllida Barlow’s ‘Untitled: triplestackboulders’ (2014) and ‘Untitled: squatboulder’ (2014).

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Visit the exhibition in London from Thursday 21 March – Saturday 20 April 2024. The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 6 pm.