Mark Grotjahn at Gagosian London: Back Country

Gagosian is pleased to present Backcountry, an exhibition of new paintings by Mark Grotjahn. This is his first exhibition at the gallery in London since 2016. In his paintings, Grotjahn interweaves various modes of abstraction, employing an expansive and evolving vocabulary of motifs and techniques. Exploring color, perspective, seriality, and the sublime, he also reflects on the broad history of nonrepresentational painting, from ancient to modern times. In Backcountry, Grotjahn moves still further away from the anthropomorphic underpinnings of earlier series such as Masks (2000–) and Face (2003–17), alluding instead to rural landscape while edging closer to an entirely spontaneous mode of expression.

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Image: Black Country :oil on cardboard mounted on linen

Photo: Douglas M Parker Studio