Lisson artists' exhibitions this Spring
19 January 2022
A selection of the exciting exhibitions this Spring featuring Lisson Gallery artists, from Ai Weiwei's major retrospective at MMCA in Seoul, to film works by John Akomfrah and Garrett Bradley in 'Family' at Art Gallery of New South Wales, and Hugh Hayden's Madison Square Park installation 'Brier Patch'.
'Family: Visions of a Shared Humanity' at Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia,
featuring John Akomfrah and Garrett Bradley
Akomfrah's Tropikos (2016) and Bradley's America (2019) are presented in this group show investigating the interconnectedness of humanity at a moment of division.
'Lee Ufan: Requiem' at the Alyscamps necropolys, Arles, France
The exhibition of an important set of 14 works brings the artist's sculptures into dialogue with the ancient sarcophogi of the city.
'Anish Kapoor: Painting' at Modern Art Oxford, UK
Having last exhibited almost 40 years ago at Modern Art Oxford, this exhibition explores the paintings that are an integral part of the artist's daily studio practice.
'Women and Change' at Arken Museum for Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
featuring Marina Abramović, Nathalie Djurberg, Susan Hiller and Laure Prouvost
This varied group exhibition unfolds how Western art history has depicted women and gender, from the Modern Breakthrough of the late nineteenth century to the most recent contemporary art.
'Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt' at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, UK
The exhibition will explore notions of truth, authenticity and value, as well as globalisation, the coronavirus pandemic and the current geopolitical crisis, where the artist's new and existing work will be shown alongside historic Chinese objects.
Richard Long at M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Celebrated sculptor Richard Long presents mud, text and stone works that reflect his ideas about travel, places, distance, time, space and movement.
'The Real Show' at CAC Brétigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
featuring Christian Jankowski
Jankowski's film Rooftop Routine (2007) features in the first part of this multi-site show mining the mechanisms of popularity and information exchange.
Hugh Hayden's 'Brier Patch' at Madison Square Park, New York, USA
The artist's most ambitious installation takes form as one hundred elementary school-style desks, the surfaces and seats of which will erupt with tree branches, ultimately cohering into one tangled assembly.
'Ai Weiwei: Defend the Future' at MMCA Seoul, South Korea
This major retrospective is dedicated to the artist's numerous artworks on the themes of freedom of expression and the lives of refugees, its Korean title literally translating to "The Future of Humans".
Image: Ai Weiwei's Tree (2015) installed at MMCA, Seoul © Ai Weiwei, courtesy MMCA. Photography by studio SUJIKSUPYUNG.
