Exhibitions – Sprüth Magers

Anne Imhof
Avatar II
September 23–December 23, 2022
Public Reception: September 22, 6–8pm.

London

Sprüth Magers is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of new works by Anne Imhof in London—the first show to span all four of the gallery's floors. Continuing and expanding upon the narrative arc of Imhof's recent exhibitions, the works range from oil paintings, large-scale paintings on aluminum panels, and drawings to film and sound works that interweave notions of reality and artifice, presence and absence, exposure and concealment. Fitness equipment and gym furniture are installed throughout the gallery, blurring the boundaries between functional object and art while creating a multilayered experience as visitors encounter and move through Imhof's abundant spaces.

Photo: Anne Imhof, Avatar, 2022 (film still). Featuring Eliza Douglas.

Thomas Scheibitz
Satellitensaal
September 17–October 29, 2022

Berlin

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to announce the solo exhibition Satellitensaal by Thomas Scheibitz at Sprüth Magers Window in Berlin. The exhibition title is a neologism and – as is often the case with Scheibitz – stands for concepts and things that are incompatible as such, yet held together by a concurrent poetic or artistic level.

Jon Rafman
Counterfeit Poast
September 17–October 29, 2022

Berlin

In his new solo exhibition at Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Jon Rafman presents an immersive space with recent works which explore themes of nostalgia, youth, false memory, and the fragmentation of the individual. He harnesses the creative potential of machine learning and continues his long-standing practice of using the latest technology to bring its subterranean implications to the surface.

John Baldessari
The Story Underneath
Curated by Nana Bahlmann
September 9–October 29, 2022

New York

Sprüth Magers is pleased to announce the inaugural exhibition at its New York space, a presentation of over seventy-five of John Baldessari’s maquettes dating from the early 1980s to the 2000s, curated by Nana Bahlmann. Created as preparatory works and sketches for his celebrated large-scale pieces, these dynamic works on paper contain and reveal the artist’s original source materials from his vast image collection, from which he freely extracted, combined and thus re-contextualized elements to create his works. Together, the maquettes grant extraordinary insight into Baldessari’s inspiring way of seeing and distinct image-making process.

Kaari Upson
never, never ever, never in my life, never in all my born days, never in all my life, never
August 4–October 15, 2022

Los Angeles

The gallery is honored to present the first solo show in Los Angeles by Kaari Upson in over a decade, and the first since her death in 2021. Titled by the artist, the exhibition debuts a remarkable series of sculptures and works on canvas created between 2020 and 2021, in which Upson's stirring characters, symbols and marks materialize through an array of painterly gestures; as well as examples from other recent series and installations that will receive their US premiere. Together, the works demonstrate the artist's unwavering urge to interpret the psyches and psychoses of our complex contemporary lives.

Rust
Bernd & Hilla Becher, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Stephen Shore
July 2–October 1, 2022

Berlin

The photographic group exhibition Rust looks at the decline of the American Rust Belt through the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher, Stephen Shore and LaToya Ruby Frazier. The nuanced takes of the three artists offer complementary views on the industrial Northeast and Midwest since the late 1970s to the present day against a backdrop of wider societal changes.

Andreas Schulze
Relax
April 21–September 30, 2022
Venice

Relax exhibits for the first time a series of new glass sculptures by Andreas Schulze. Created by the artist on the famous glass-making island of Murano, these new works function as bookends and extend Schulze’s unique and highly recognizable visual language. Surrounding the sculptures are paintings from Schulze’s well-known Vacanze series, whose motifs echo the theme of the exhibition in colorful, abstract images.

This exhibition is a collaboration between Sprüth Magers & DH Office and takes place at San Marco 3209, Salizzada Malipiero in Venice.

Current Exhibitions