Spencer Sweeney

Spencer Sweeney has been a vital presence in the art, nightlife, and music scenes of New York for more than twenty years. In addition to making paintings, drawings, and collages characterized by infectious exuberance and raw materiality, Sweeney produces multimedia environments that transform gallery spaces into open workshops and performance stages. Combining the extemporaneous vigor of Neo-Expressionism with the knowing repetition of signature motifs, the artist’s portraits, self-portraits, and reclining nudes reverberate with references to both popular culture and art history.

Launched in 2020, Artist Spotlight is presented once a month as a regular part of the gallery’s programming. Each Artist Spotlight highlights a work by an individual artist—made available exclusively online for forty-eight hours—together with new editorial features and selected archival content.

Artist Spotlight: Spencer Sweeney features a new painting by the artist. For more information, please contact the gallery at collecting@gagosian.com.