David Zwirner is pleased to announce a two-artist presentation of Nate Lowman (b. 1979) and Franz West (1947–2012) at this year’s edition of Frieze New York. A selection of furniture and sculptures by West, along with a broad range of Lowman’s works will be on view in a considered installation. Both artists are known for their playful aesthetic and radical approach to formal concerns.

In his practice, Lowman deftly mines mass-produced images culled from art history, the news, and popular media, transforming visual signifiers from these distinct sources into a diverse body of paintings, sculptures, and installations. The artist has continually pushed the boundaries of his multimedia approach with works that are at turns critical, humorous, political, and poetic. In his work, Lowman stages an encounter with commonplace, universally recognizable motifs, questioning and revisiting their intended meanings while creating new narratives in the process. 

Over the course of his career, West developed a unique aesthetic that engaged equally high and low reference points and often privileged social interaction as an intrinsic component of his work. By playfully manipulating everyday materials and imagery in novel ways, he created objects that serve to redefine art as a social experience, calling attention to the way in which art is presented to the public, and how viewers interact with works of art and with each other. Furniture was an important part of West’s aesthetic output, as he conceived of it as both sculpture and a means for social experience, allowing him not only to subvert traditional exhibition models, but also to create a space for visitors to rest and reflect on the artwork and their experience of it. 

A new woodcut by Nate Lowman published by Utopia Editions will launch on David Zwirner Online, timed to Frieze New York. In September 2024, Lowman will also have a solo exhibition of new work at David Zwirner’s Los Angeles galleries.