Fallen Angels
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24 Mar 2026 - 30 May 2026 |
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11:00AM (Tue) |
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Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong |
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Free admission |
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24 Mar 2026 - 30 May 2026 |
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11:00AM (Tue) |
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Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong |
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Free admission |
Nicole Eisenman’s ‘Fallen Angels,’ as the title suggests, is the artist’s most down-to-earth show in years. Comprising eleven new paintings and three sculptures, the exhibition narrows the field of vision to three sites of middle-class living: home, work, beach. Nearly all of the paintings are easel-sized, while two of the sculptures (made with a table and a chair, respectively, from Eisenman’s studio) feel like accidental readymades, even ex situ. The contraction of scale and contemplative tone stands in contrast to Eisenman’s reputation for crowded tableaux and picaresque social scenes, but the work is no less demanding. Here, figures linger, hesitate, repeat themselves; time settles into familiar spaces. The ambition lies not in spectacle but in attention, in the difficulty of staying with what is close at hand. The first two sites—home and work—have collapsed into each other. The third offers no escape.
Nicole Eisenman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She is a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2018. Her work was included in both the 2019 Venice Biennale and the 2019 Whitney Biennial. Solo exhibitions include 'What Happened' at the Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany (2023), traveling to Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2023) and MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL (2024); 'Heads, Kisses, Battles: Nicole Eisenman and the Moderns' at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (2021), traveling to Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland (2022), Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France (2022), and Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands (2022); 'Giant Without a Body' at the Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway (2021); 'Sturm und Drang' at the Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX (2020); and 'Baden Baden Baden', at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany (2019). Having established herself as a painter, Nicole Eisenman has expanded her practice into the third dimension.