Gagosian will present Jordan Wolfson's first exhibition with the gallery in New York, opening September 18 at its Chelsea space on West 24th Street. The show introduces a new body of work that continues Wolfson's interest in the overlap between sculpture, image culture, and digital archives.
The gallery's brief description points to a series of uniformly scaled sculptures built from emblematic color and black-and-white photographs drawn from online sources as well as personal and academic archives. The works are said to connect with art history, popular culture, and the artist's ongoing visual investigations.
Context Around the Exhibition
The presentation also includes a conversation between Wolfson and writer Ottessa Moshfegh, scheduled for the fall issue of Gagosian Quarterly. That editorial pairing adds a literary dimension to the exhibition, extending the project beyond the gallery floor.
Wolfson has become known for works that merge technology, performance, and unsettling visual narratives. His 2014 debut at David Zwirner drew attention for an animatronic sculpture, while later projects expanded into mechanized figures and virtual reality. In 2017, his VR piece Real Violence placed viewers inside an immersive sculptural experience that challenged the boundaries between body, image, and motion.
More recently, Wolfson also contributed to a Prada campaign featuring Carey Mulligan, Nicholas Hoult, and Damson Idris, underscoring his reach across contemporary art and fashion. As this New York exhibition opens, it signals another step in an evolving practice that keeps testing how images live in physical space. Its impact may help shape the next phase of digitally informed sculpture and exhibition design.
