Hauser & Wirth to Present Exhibition by Stefan Bruggemann, 6/29

Beginning 29 June 2016, Hauser & Wirth will present an exhibition of new paintings by the Mexico City and London-based artist Stefan Bru?ggemann. Spanning - and sometimes combining - sculpture, video, painting, and drawing, Bru?ggemann's work deploys text in conceptual installations rich with acerbic social critique and a post-pop aesthetic. This will be Bru?ggemann's first exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, and will fill the gallery's East 69th Street townhouse with site-specific extensions of two of his best known, ongoing series: Headlines and Last Line in the Movies and Timeless.

About the Exhibition

On the gallery's ground floor, Bru?ggemann will install 'Headlines and Last Line in the Movies (Wall)' (2016), a new work for his signature series Headlines and Last Line in the Movies, initiated in 2009. The installation will consist of the final lines of dialogue from such classic films as Citizen Kane (1941), spray painted onto contiguous mirrored panels and overlaid with headlines drawn from news stories published by major media outlets during the week in which the work is made.

Bru?ggemann will complement 'Headlines and Last Line in the Movies (Wall)' with a similar installation on the third floor, where texts will be painted onto marble panels - a first use of the material by the artist. Bru?ggemann's intention with the Headlines and Last Line series is to juxtapose reality and fiction in a way that throws myths into high relief: In the era of instantaneous global communication and citizen journalism, the products of the news media and the movie industry are parallels and fraternal twins that reflect our culture's desires while manipulating and distorting our comprehension of society.

On the gallery's second floor, visitors will find 'Timeless (69th Street, NYC)' (2016), the latest addition to another ongoing conceptual series by Bru?ggemann. Time Paintings feature a grid of individual mirrors applique?d with black and white vinyl texts - original text by the artist appears in black letters in the Arial font, while appropriated text appears handwritten - swathed with aluminum paint. 'Timeless (69th Street, NYC)' is Bru?ggermann's anxious articulation of a contemporary society in which time has accelerated to the point at which it is no longer perceived as linear, and dissolves into abstraction.

About the Artist

Stefan Bru?ggemann was born in 1975 in Mexico City, and lives and works in Mexico City and London. Upcoming solo exhibitions include Centro Galego de Arte Contempora?nea, A Corun?a, Spain (2016). Past solo exhibitions include GAM, Mexico City, Mexico (2015); Galeria Parra Romero, Madrid, Spain (2014); The Wall South Kensington, Queens Gate and Harrington Road, London, England (2014); Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (2011); Villa du Parc, Centre d ?Art Contemporain, Annemasse, France (2011); Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal (2010); SAPS Sala de Arte Pu?blico Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico (2009); and Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland (2008). Notable group exhibitions include 'In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur, Igni', El Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico (2015); 'Now Here is Also Nowhere', Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle WA (2012); 'Neon. Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue', La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (2012); and 'Art Moves', 3rd International Festival of Art on Billboards, Torun, Poland (2010).

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