Three years after Brice Marden's passing, his artistic legacy is being revisited through two major milestones: the completion of his catalogue raisonné and a new survey exhibition at Gagosian in Chelsea.
Opening September 10, I Am Plane Image will be the first major New York presentation of Marden's paintings in two decades. The show gathers works spanning six decades, including pieces drawn from major museum collections, private holdings, and the artist's estate. Several of the paintings have rarely been shown publicly, and some will appear for the first time.
The catalogue raisonné, developed with scholar Tiffany Bell and completed with the support of Marden's family, documents nearly 500 paintings made between 1961 and 2023. It also includes nearly 90 previously unpublished works, along with captions written in Marden's own words, offering a direct view into his thinking.
For Larry Gagosian, who knew Marden both as a dealer and a friend, the project reflects the artist's lifelong discipline. Marden moved through different places and periods, yet remained focused on the same essential questions: surface, space, color, and the physical act of painting. His daughters, Mirabelle and Melia, said revisiting the archive revealed how consistent those ideas remained across his career.
The exhibition includes late works such as The Dance and Lingerie, completed in 2022 and 2023, alongside earlier paintings that trace Marden's evolution from restrained monochromes to more fluid, calligraphic forms. The title itself comes from Marden's own writing, underscoring the idea that his work remains active in the present. In the months ahead, his paintings are set to reach an even wider audience, pointing to a future where his influence continues to shape contemporary art conversations.
