UCCA Exhibition | “Elizabeth Peyton: Practice”
From August 15 to November 29, 2020, UCCA presents “Elizabeth Peyton: Practice,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in China. Since the 1990s, Peyton (b. 1965, Danbury, Connecticut) has been a major force in the resurgence of painting and the revitalization of portraiture. The exhibition features drawings, paintings, and prints from throughout her thirty-year career, with a particular focus on work from the past decade. Peyton’s repertoire of subjects ranges from fellow artists and friends to cultural and historical figures, including Klara Lidén; Tyler, The Creator; Queen Elizabeth II; Angela Merkel; Dan Kjær Nielsen; Jonas Kaufmann; David Bowie; and Yuzuru Hanyu. Her powerful brushwork, colorful palette, and elegantly austere compositions all serve to bring the viewer into the psychic terrain of both the figure portrayed and the artist observing them. The exhibition is a collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery in London, where Peyton’s solo exhibition “Aire and Angels,” curated by Lucy Dahlsen, former Associate Curator, National Portrait Gallery, and the artist, was held from October 3, 2019 to January 5, 2020. “Practice” is organized by Luan Shixuan, UCCA Curator.
From August 15 to November 29, 2020, UCCA presents “Elizabeth Peyton: Practice,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in China. Since the 1990s, Peyton (b. 1965, Danbury, Connecticut) has been a major force in the resurgence of painting and the revitalization of portraiture. The exhibition features drawings, paintings, and prints from throughout her thirty-year career, with a particular focus on work from the past decade. Peyton’s repertoire of subjects ranges from fellow artists and friends to cultural and historical figures, including Klara Lidén; Tyler, The Creator; Queen Elizabeth II; Angela Merkel; Dan Kjær Nielsen; Jonas Kaufmann; David Bowie; and Yuzuru Hanyu. Her powerful brushwork, colorful palette, and elegantly austere compositions all serve to bring the viewer into the psychic terrain of both the figure portrayed and the artist observing them. The exhibition is a collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery in London, where Peyton’s solo exhibition “Aire and Angels,” curated by Lucy Dahlsen, former Associate Curator, National Portrait Gallery, and the artist, was held from October 3, 2019 to January 5, 2020. “Practice” is organized by Luan Shixuan, UCCA Curator.