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Go Figure

May 9–August 21, 2009
980 Madison Avenue, New York

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Works Exhibited

Richard Artschwager, Mirror Painting, 1962 Acrylic on Celotex, Formica, and wood, 60 × 31 inches (152.4 × 78.7 cm)

Richard Artschwager, Mirror Painting, 1962

Acrylic on Celotex, Formica, and wood, 60 × 31 inches (152.4 × 78.7 cm)

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, 1912 Print, 13 ⅝ × 7 ¾ inches (34.6 × 19.7 cm)

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, 1912

Print, 13 ⅝ × 7 ¾ inches (34.6 × 19.7 cm)

Richard Hamilton, Bathroom - fig. 1, 1997 Oil on Cibachrome print on canvas, 19 ¾ × 19 ¾ inches (50 × 50 cm)

Richard Hamilton, Bathroom - fig. 1, 1997

Oil on Cibachrome print on canvas, 19 ¾ × 19 ¾ inches (50 × 50 cm)

Jeff Koons, Pam, 2001 Oil on canvas, 108 × 84 inches (274.3 × 213.4 cm)© Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons, Pam, 2001

Oil on canvas, 108 × 84 inches (274.3 × 213.4 cm)
© Jeff Koons

Roy Lichtenstein, Nude, 1997 Oil and Magna on canvas, 82 ½ × 45 inches (209.6 × 114.3 cm)© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein, Nude, 1997

Oil and Magna on canvas, 82 ½ × 45 inches (209.6 × 114.3 cm)
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Richard Prince, Spiritual America 4, 2005 Ektacolor photograph, 90 ½ × 72 inches (229.9 × 182.9 cm), edition of 6© Richard Prince

Richard Prince, Spiritual America 4, 2005

Ektacolor photograph, 90 ½ × 72 inches (229.9 × 182.9 cm), edition of 6
© Richard Prince

Gerhard Richter, Deck Chair II, 1965 Oil on canvas, 39 ¼ × 78 ⅜ inches (99.7 × 199.1 cm)

Gerhard Richter, Deck Chair II, 1965

Oil on canvas, 39 ¼ × 78 ⅜ inches (99.7 × 199.1 cm)

Andy Warhol, Walking Torso, 1977 Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 50 × 40 ⅛ inches (127 × 101.9 cm)© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Andy Warhol, Walking Torso, 1977

Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas, 50 × 40 ⅛ inches (127 × 101.9 cm)
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

About

Gagosian is pleased to present Go Figure.

Artists include: Richard Artschwager, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, László Moholy-Nagy, Carlo Mollino, Eadweard Muybridge, Sigmar Polke, Richard Prince, Man Ray, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol

Black-and-white photograph of two women having breakfast in bed and reading newspapers with a tapestry of an abstracted face hanging on the wall behind them

A Flat on Rue Victor-Considerant

Lee Miller and Tanja Ramm’s friendship took them from New York to Paris and back, in front of and behind many cameras, and into the Surrealist avant-garde. Here, Gagosian director Richard Calvocoressi speaks with Ramm’s daughter, art historian Margit Rowell, about discovering her mother’s early life, her memories of Miller, and the collaborative work of photographers and models.

Dorothy Lichtenstein and Irving Blum stand next to each other in front of Roy Lichtenstein's studio in Southampton, New York

In Conversation
Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein

In celebration of the centenary of Roy Lichtenstein’s birth, Irving Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein sat down to discuss the artist’s life and legacy, and the exhibition Lichtenstein Remembered curated by Blum at Gagosian, New York.

Alison McDonald, Daniel Belasco, and Scott Rothkopf next to each other in front of a live audience

In Conversation
Daniel Belasco and Scott Rothkopf on Roy Lichtenstein

Gagosian and the Art Students League of New York hosted a conversation on Roy Lichtenstein with Daniel Belasco, executive director of the Al Held Foundation, and Scott Rothkopf, senior deputy director and chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Organized in celebration of the centenary of the artist’s birth and moderated by Alison McDonald, chief creative officer at Gagosian, the discussion highlights multiple perspectives on Lichtenstein’s decades-long career, during which he helped originate the Pop art movement. The talk coincides with Lichtenstein Remembered, curated by Irving Blum and on view at Gagosian, New York, through October 21.

Steve Martin playing a banjo

Roy and Irving

Actor and art collector Steve Martin reflects on the friendship and professional partnership between Roy Lichtenstein and art dealer Irving Blum.

Christopher Makos, Andy Warhol at Paris Apartment Window, 1981

In Conversation
Christopher Makos and Jessica Beck

Andy Warhol’s Insiders at the Gagosian Shop in London’s historic Burlington Arcade is a group exhibition and shop takeover that feature works by Warhol and portraits of the artist by friends and collaborators including photographers Ronnie Cutrone, Michael Halsband, Christopher Makos, and Billy Name. To celebrate the occasion, Makos met with Gagosian director Jessica Beck to speak about his friendship with Warhol and the joy of the unexpected.

Jessica Beck

Andy Warhol: Silver Screen

In this video, Jessica Beck, director at Gagosian, Beverly Hills, sits down to discuss the three early paintings by Andy Warhol from 1963 featured in the exhibition Andy Warhol: Silver Screen, at Gagosian in Paris.