PRESS RELEASE: FEBRUARY 2016
P U S ’ T WHA AGEN E VAN H C N E R W D BY LA CURATE
SOHO REVUE 14 Greek Street, London, w1d 4dp 49 Greek St, London, w1d 4eq
EXHIBITION DATES:
14th – 30th April 2016
PRESS PREVIEW:
Wednesday 13th April, 2pm – 4pm
PRIVATE VIEW:
Wednesday 13th April, 6 – 9pm
“What’s Up” is a pioneering exhibition featuring 50 of the most exciting young contemporary artists from around the world, brought together in a dynamic survey selected and curated by young collector and advisor Lawrence van Hagen. The exhibition runs from the 14th until the 30th April 2016 at the Soho Revue, as well as a neighbouring space on Greek Street in the heart of London’s Soho. The exhibition will respond to some fundamental questions of today's art world: What is on the walls of today’s leading contemporary art institutions? Do we know how those walls will look like in five years’ time? Who are the young galleries in the driving seat? What is being bought by the young generation of collectors and why? Focusing on a rising generation of painters, alongside key artists working in drawing, photography, sculpture and video art, “What’s Up” incorporates several well established names such as Jonas Wood, Mark Flood and Sterling Ruby, alongside the ‘new kids on the block’.
Wakefulness, 2015, natural and synthetic polymers on panel, artist brass frame, 63.5x50.8cm © Joe Reihsen. Courtesy Brand New Gallery
“The title of the show, with its multiplicity of meanings, points to a consideration of a particular strand of the contemporary art scene: The artists to discover today. I have focussed on a younger generation of artists, both on those who are already greatly followed by the market, including Katherine Bernhardt, Brian Calvin, Ella Kruglyanskaya or Matthew Brandt, and also those who are just on the cusp, just getting there. Those, I believe, will be interesting to discover, but art is more important than the market!” LVH The artists included in this exhibition are the true choice of a young collector – for collectors of his generation. This global selection is the result of extensive research, many years spent visiting artist studios, private collections, new and established galleries and institutions worldwide, and aims to reveal some of the directions in which the international contemporary art market may be moving. page 1
Ancestor, 2012, fiberglass, aquaresin and paint, 86x50x33cm © Johannes Vanderbeek