Installation view, CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner Los Angeles, 2023
Installation view, CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner Los Angeles, 2023

Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close

David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by British artist Rose Wylie at the gallery’s recently opened location in Los Angeles. Featuring a group of new large-scale paintings as well as related drawings, the presentation includes works that variously feature Wylie’s home and garden, media she’s consumed, and other elements drawn from her daily life and surroundings—together forming an unconventional portrait of the artist. This will be Wylie’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and her sixth with David Zwirner.

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Image: Installation view, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2023

Dates
September 8October 14, 2023
Opening Reception
Friday, September 8, 6–8 PM
Gallery Hours
Tues—Sat 10am–6pm
A Photo by Will Grundy of Rose Wylie in her studio.

Rose Wylie in her studio. Photo by Will Grundy

Rose Wylie in her studio. Photo by Will Grundy

Rose Wylie has become known for her uniquely recognizable, colorful, and exuberant compositions that at first glance appear aesthetically simplistic, not seeming to align with any discernible style or movement, but on closer inspection are revealed to be wittily observed and subtly sophisticated meditations on the nature of visual representation itself. The artist has long been interested in exploring perspectival and compositional strategies other than—and along with—traditional Renaissance perspective, frequently making numerous iterations of a given motif as a means of advancing her formal investigation.

Installation view, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2023

Installation view, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2023

Installation view, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, David Zwirner, Los Angeles, 2023

“When I make a painting, I observe, but I also transform. You’re observing that they are this color, this shape, this size. They look like this, they feel like this, they smell like this. And then you try to put those things together in a painting.”

—Rose Wylie

Painting by Rose Wylie titled "My House"

Rose Wylie, My House, 2023

Rose Wylie, My House, 2023

CLOSE, not too close presents a group of canvases that evoke in the viewer a feeling of immediacy, each depicting Wylie’s observation of a particular moment that is atemporal yet also grounded in her everyday existence. The artist’s home and studio—a seventeenth-century house where she has lived for more than fifty years—features in several works. Some of the works on view have inadvertent but serendipitous resonances with the Los Angeles setting of the exhibition.

A Photo by Will Grundy of Rose Wylie’s studio.

Rose Wylie’s studio. Photo by Will Grundy

Rose Wylie’s studio. Photo by Will Grundy

A Photo by Will Grundy of Rose Wylie’s studio.

Rose Wylie’s studio. Photo by Will Grundy

Rose Wylie’s studio. Photo by Will Grundy

“The image is arrived at through many drawings, evolving from a process of observation, personality, and response: keeping something of the original subject, but hoping for a transformation into a poetic and particular from or whole, free from conventional representation.”

—Rose Wylie

An artwork by Rose Wylie, titled HAND, Drawing as Central, dated 2022

Rose Wylie, HAND, Drawing as Central, 2022

Rose Wylie, HAND, Drawing as Central, 2022

“[Wylie’s] paintings exemplify the artist’s ability to absorb visually powerful impressions from her immediate surroundings. They also illustrate her broad knowledge of cultural production, spanning popular and cliché styles as well as underexamined and non-Western visual traditions.”

—Tanja Boon, Rose Wylie: picky people notice…,

Photo by Dirk Pauwels of an Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, dated 2022.

Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 2022. Photo by Dirk Pauwels

Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 2022. Photo by Dirk Pauwels

A Photo by Dirk Pauwels of an Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, dated 2022.

Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 2022. Photo by Dirk Pauwels

Installation view, Rose Wylie: picky people notice...,, S.M.A.K., Stedelik Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 2022. Photo by Dirk Pauwels

An Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, dated 2020

Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, 2020

Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, 2020

An Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, dated 2020

Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, 2020

Installation view, Rose Wylie: where i am and was, Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, 2020

As curator Clarrie Wallis notes, “Wylie’s work is a sophisticated transmutation, or sifting of perceptual experience, carrying as it does a wealth of affective and allusive resonances, into the painted form. The imagery comes to her through the filter of her memory and, while the paintings can be understood as a diary of her life, they also succeed in presenting us with subjects that are at once familiar and universal.”

A detail of an artwork by Rose Wylie, titled Spindle and Cover Girl, dated 2022

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

A detail of an artwork by Rose Wylie, titled Spindle and Cover Girl, dated 2022

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

A detail of an artwork by Rose Wylie, titled Spindle and Cover Girl, dated 2022

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

Rose Wylie, Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022 (detail)

Inquire about works in CLOSE, not too close

An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
An installation view of the exhibition, Rose Wylie: CLOSE, not too close, at David Zwirner in Los Angeles, dated 2023.
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Greg’s Flowers, dated 2023.

Rose Wylie

Greg’s Flowers, 2023
Oil on canvas
72 3/8 x 60 inches (183.8 x 152.4 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled A Study for Cautionary Tales, (tele film notes), dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

A Study for Cautionary Tales, (tele film notes), 2022
Coloured pencil, pencil, marker, biro, and collage on paper
8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (21.2 x 29.7 cm)
Framed: 13 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches (35 x 43.5 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled Show them who’s boss, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Show them who’s boss, 2022
Coloured pencil, pencil, and collage on paper
Diptych
Overall: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (30 x 42 cm)
Framed: 17 1/8 x 21 7/8 inches (43.5 x 55.7 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled A Study for a Handsome Couple, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

A Study for a Handsome Couple, 2022
Biro, coloured pencil, pencil, and collage on paper
8 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches (21 x 30.3 cm)
Framed: 13 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches (35 x 43.5 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie SW, titled Catsuit, dated 2018.

Rose Wylie

SW, Catsuit, 2018
Coloured pencil, pencil, and collage on paper
12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (32.5 x 24.4 cm)
Framed: 18 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches (46.1 x 38.3 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled Macclesfield girl in criss cross & repeats, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Macclesfield girl in criss cross & repeats, 2022
Coloured pencil, pencil, and collage on paper
8 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches (21.4 x 30.1 cm)
Framed: 14 x 17 3/8 inches (35.4 x 44 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled White Building, film notes, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

White Building, film notes, 2022
Pencil, coloured pencil, and collage on paper
8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (21.4 x 30 cm)
Framed: 14 x 17 3/8 inches (35.5 x 44 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled A Hand to Hold the Paper Down, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

A Hand to Hold the Paper Down, 2022
Coloured pencil, pencil, biro, and collage on paper
13 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (34.5 x 21.7 cm)
Framed: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.5 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled 2 Red tables, dated 2023.

Rose Wylie

2 Red tables, 2023
Coloured pencil on paper
Diptych
Overall: 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches (29.8 x 42.4 cm)
Framed: 17 1/8 x 22 inches (43.5 x 56 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled Macclesfield Girls (repeat), dated 2023.

Rose Wylie

Macclesfield Girls (repeat), 2023
Coloured pencil, pencil, oil, and collage on paper
16 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (42.8 x 29.9 cm)
Framed: 22 x 17 1/2 inches (55.8 x 44.5 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled Yellow Marzipan Girl, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Yellow Marzipan Girl, 2022
Coloured pencil and pencil on paper
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (29.7 x 21 cm)
Framed: 17 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (43.5 x 35 cm)
A work on paper by Rose Wylie, titled 3 Cowslips, study for MY HOUSE painting, dated 2020.

Rose Wylie

3 Cowslips, study for MY HOUSE painting, 2020
Coloured pencil, pencil, oil, and collage on paper
12 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (31.1 x 36.8 cm)
Framed: 17 5/8 x 20 inches (44.8 x 50.8 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Up the Bikers, dated 2023.

Rose Wylie

Up the Bikers, 2023
Oil on canvas
Diptych
Overall: 72 1/4 x 116 5/8 inches (183.5 x 296.2 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Lying in the Sun, dated 2023.

Rose Wylie

Lying in the Sun, 2023
Oil on canvas
72 1/8 x 60 1/8 inches (183.3 x 152.7 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Pink News Reader, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Pink News Reader, 2022
Oil on canvas
72 1/2 x 58 3/8 inches (184.2 x 148.3 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Yoga Pose, dated 2021.

Rose Wylie

Yoga Pose, 2021
Oil on canvas
72 1/2 x 60 5/8 inches (184 x 154 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Yellow Marzipan Girl, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Yellow Marzipan Girl, 2022
Oil on canvas
71 7/8 x 60 1/2 inches (182.6 x 153.7 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled My House, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

My House, 2022
Oil on canvas
Diptych
Overall: 72 1/4 x 133 1/4 inches (183.5 x 338.3 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Spindle and Cover Girl, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

Spindle and Cover Girl, 2022
Oil on canvas
Diptych
Overall: 72 7/8 x 122 inches (185 x 310 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled White Building, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

White Building, 2022
Oil on canvas
Diptych
Overall: 72 1/4 x 120 1/8 inches (183.6 x 305.2 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled HAND, Drawing as Central, dated 2022.

Rose Wylie

HAND, Drawing as Central, 2022
Oil on canvas
Triptych
Overall: 72 7/8 x 158 7/8 inches (185 x 403.5 cm)
A painting by Rose Wylie, titled Wing Tips and Blue Doodlebug, dated in 2022 and 2023.

Rose Wylie

Wing Tips and Blue Doodlebug, 2022/2023
Oil on canvas
Diptych
Overall: 126 1/8 x 72 1/4 inches (320.3 x 183.5 cm)

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