Hauser & Wirth is proud to announce worldwide representation of Philadelphia-born, Paris-based artist and writer Barbara Chase-Riboud. Over the course of her seven-decade career, Chase-Riboud has established herself as one of the most prolific, boundary-breaking artists of her generation. She has created a revolutionary body of work which is defined equally by its inventiveness, technical prowess and fearless engagement with transcultural histories.
‘We are honored that Barbara Chase-Riboud has chosen to join the Hauser & Wirth family of artists,’ says Iwan Wirth. ‘An assured innovator, Barbara’s devotion to the visual expansion of sculpture beyond Western modes of representation has cemented her as a pioneering voice of 20th and 21st-century art. Over the course of a truly incredible life and career, she has fearlessly challenged the traditional hierarchies of sculpture, bringing forth an original artistic language that is wholly her own, and which deftly explores themes of identity, memory, place and power. Her work has never been so relevant, and we look forward to reaffirming her place in art history.’
The gallery will collaborate with curator and advisor, Erin Jenoa Gilbert, who has managed Chase-Riboud’s exhibitions, publications and acquisitions for the last four years.
Hauser & Wirth’s first exhibition of Chase-Riboud will inaugurate the gallery’s new location on Wooster Street in Soho, New York, in the fall.
photo: Barbara Chase-Riboud with ‘Mao’s Organ’ (2007) and ‘Malcolm X #13’ (2008), 2022 © Pulitzer Arts Foundation
