Elizabeth Peyton

Here She Comes Now

09.03.–23.06.2013
A spacious, white, empty room with a polished grey floor and two doors.
An empty gallery with three small paintings on white walls and a white ceiling.
A single vivid painting on a white wall in a minimalist art gallery.
A framed abstract painting in a minimalist gallery with two intertwined figures in muted tones.
Two framed artworks hang on white walls, with an open door leading to more framed art inside.
A gallery exhibiting two paintings, one in red and yellow tones, one in red and white tones, in contrasting rooms.
A painted portrait of two people in a close, affectionate embrace.
A gallery with three paintings displayed on white walls and a dark floor.
Modern art gallery with two framed artworks displayed on white walls and a spotlit ceiling.
A minimalist art gallery featuring a few hanging pieces in plain white rooms.
A clean, well-lit gallery space displaying framed artworks on white walls.
A small colorful abstract painting hangs on a white gallery wall near an open doorway.
A pristine gallery displays two colorful artworks on a white wall. (95 Zeichen)
A small black-and-white artwork hung on a white gallery wall.

Artist

  • Elizabeth Peyton

Curators

  • Johan Holten
  • Luisa Heese
  • Elena Korowin

In our spring exhibition artworks of New York-based painter Elizabeth Peyton will be on display at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. For this exhibition the artist has chosen to show a specific selection of works: Exclusively and for the first time ever in this combination, portraits of musicians are on view in Baden-Baden. For instance you will encounter David Bowie, Pete Doherty, Jessye Norman or Jonas Kaufmann performing on stage.

These portraits attest to Peyton's intensive examination of a most vulnerable but at the same time pivotal moment in the process of artistic creation: the moment in which musicians enter the stage and step in front of the audience. Hence the selected works also reflect creativity as such as much as Elizabeth Peyton's own creative process.

Altogether, there will be 30 oil paintings and works on paper from the last 20 years of Peyton's career on display in Baden-Baden. The vast majority of the exhibits are part of private American collections and have rarely or not all all been shown in Germany. In addition to that Elizabeth Peyton will, for the first time, exhibit a number of photographies of the performances and live events that are the point f departure for most of her works. These images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog alongside the respective paintings by the artist.