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Work by Joe Tilson is featured in Marlborough’s Frieze Masters presentation @FriezeArtFair. The collection of works on view examine an array of materials, construction methods and meanings from a decade of sculptural practice beginning in the 1960s. Tilson’s earliest works show his feeling for wood both as a material and as a subject in itself. The work Small Odeon Cut-Out depicts a characteristic emblem featured in Odeon cinemas, the painting on wood within a wood frame, creates a witty illusion of three dimensions in two, foreshadowing the artist’s fizzling constructed and painted wall-relief creations of the ensuing decades. Other artists featured in our presentation include: , , , and . Image: Joe Tilson, Small Odeon Cut-Out, 1962, oil on wood, 27 x 21 in. / 68.5 x 53.3 cm

’ Swan Lake installed today in the lobby of 40 West 57th Street. This work is part of a series of sculpto-pictoramas (a term coined by the artist) Grooms produced combining elements of spectacle, scale, rhythm, and motion. In particular, Swan Lake was inspired by a photograph of Igor Youkevitch and Alexandra Danilova, members of the Ballet Russe, dancing in Monte Carlo in 1939. “This rhythm, it has to be unconscious,” says Grooms, “like the marvelous and unconscious rhythmic boogeying of New York. I like to boogey and I like my work to boogey.” Red Grooms, Swan Lake, 2009, enamel on aluminum, 108 ½ x 93 x 40 in. / 275.6 x 236.2 x 101.6 cm © Red Grooms.

Visit the online edition of Frieze Masters 2020 to view Marlborough’s presentation of Post-War Sculpture. The selection of artists featured includes Kenneth Armitage, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore, Joe Tilson and William Turnbull. In 1962, Kenneth Armitage developed the Pandarus series using motifs of funnels with shadows, horizontal markings and navels that he continued to revisit for the next four years. The title comes from the poem ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ where the protagonist, Pandarus, acts as a go-between orchestrating a secret affair between Troilus and Criseyde. He acts for the lovers communicating persuasion and encouragement only to ultimately fail. The funnels in Armitage’s work represent channels of communication and suggest a dark internal world. The series was first exhibited at Marlborough, London in 1965. Images: Kenneth Armitage, Pandarus V, 1963, brass, 26 1-2 x 18 1-8 x 11 in., 67.5 x 46 x 28 cm. Kenneth Armitage, Pandarus III, 1963, brass, edition of 3, 23 5-8 x 12 1-4 x 9 in., 60 x 31 x 23 cm.

on view at 545 W 25th St. From the artist’s autobiography, “Fate and Art:” “The fabric I made was stiff, its surface grew into reliefs similar to tree bark or animal fur. I liked the fact that I was creating an object from its very beginning, from the outer shell to the total shape. I sewed several surfaces together to form a huge three-dimensional object. I could not see it in its entirety. I could only control it with my imagination. Monumental, strong, soft, and erotic, these objects became the image of my reality; they stood against any established definitions. Later someone called them ‘Abakans’ after my name. Nothing similar existed in art.” To learn more and plan your visit, please visit the link in our bio. 1) Untitled, 1971-1972, sisal weaving, 55 7/8 x 85 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. / 142 x 217 x 16 cm. Photo by: Pierre Le Hors 2) Installation view, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Helena, 1964-1965, cotton cords, wool, sisal, horse hair, 118 x 189 in. / 300 x 480 cm. Photo by: Pierre Le Hors 3) From the Anatomy Cycle: Anatomy 29, 2009, steel, burlap, wood, 43 x 38 1/2 x 11 in. / 109.22 x 97.79 x 27.94 cm. © Magdalena Abakanowicz

Maggi Hambling: 2020 opens next week at Marlborough Gallery in London. One of the series on view in the exhibition consists of intimate portraits of people gleefully laughing, where faces materialise out of fluid paint. These works nod back in time when Hambling’s Laugh paintings of the 1990’s evoked the event - the unbounded energy, the sound - of laughter. Seen in the context of her unsentimental animal paintings, these laughing faces are double-edged - the uncontrolled release of energy in the face of adversity. The exhibition opens 15 October, please visit our website to book tickets. Image: Maggi Hambling, Laughing II, 2018, oil on canvas, 26 x 24 in.

Works by Victor Pasmore are included in Marlborough’s Frieze Viewing Room presentation ‘Post-War Sculpture’. The collection of works on view examine an array of materials, construction methods and meanings from a decade of sculptural practice beginning in the 1960s. Pasmore was influenced by Naum Gabo’s ideas in his 20-year association as Consulting Director of Urban Design assisting architects of the Peterlee New Town Corporation, as well as in his use of assembled 3-D geometric forms mounted on perspex, which appear to float in space. Besides his hand-made carpentry elements in such ‘paintings’, he would incise or gouge their surface and create the suggestion of real spatial depth by contrasting expanding fields of fluid colour (which he often titled ‘developments’) which were held in check by severe black lines or blocks. Other artists featured in our presentation include: Kenneth Armitage, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Joe Tilson and William Turnbull. Images 1. Pasmore at work in his studio, 1965, photo by John Pasmore. 2. Brown Development No. 3, 1964, oil on wood and plastic, 60 x 60 in./ 152.5 x 152.5 cm.

Stop by 545 West 25th Street between 10am and 6pm today to see our recently opened exhibition of and . Appointments to view the exhibition are encouraged, but not necessary; masks and social distancing required. _____________________ Image: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Figure in Iron House, 1989-1990, burlap, resin and iron, unique, 58 1/4 x 43 3/4 x 35 in. / 148 x 111.1 x 88.9 cm. Photo by our colleague @therichburg !

Maggi Hambling graces the cover of this week’s art edition of ES Magazine and talks painting, politics and the pandemic. Pick up a free copy to find out more. Hambling’s latest exhibition opens at Marlborough Gallery in London on 15 October. The various works and series on view are united by a sense of the artist’s compassion, self-awareness and humour – as she consistently pursues and confronts the truth. To book your tickets for ‘Maggi Hambling: 2020’, please visit our website for more details. Images of Hambling were commissioned by @middleplane

Launching next week, Marlborough is proud to participate in the inaugural edition of Frieze Masters online. Presenting a brief survey on post-war sculpture, its materials, construction methods and meanings from a decade around 1960, and illustrating a few of the principal sources and developments in 20th century sculpture. Artists include: Kenneth Armitage, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore, Joe Tilson and William Turnbull. Image: Naum Gabo, Construction in Space Suspended, 1957-64

"Cross Marlene Dietrich with Francis Bacon, add a touch of Miss Marple and you get an idea of the captivating, gifted yet rather cosy personality that is Maggi Hambling." Maggi Hambling talks to Rachel Spence in the @financialtimes about her love of oil paint, working in lockdown and the emotions behind her new show. From 15th October, Marlborough Gallery London presents Maggi Hambling: 2020. This exhibition of recent paintings coincides with Hambling’s 75th Birthday, marking both a moment of looking in - a self reckoning - as much as a commentary on the world, responding to the seismic events of the present. Hambling’s ‘twenty twenty’ clarity of vision, her search for the truth, is evident through several interconnecting series - from the exploration of her own existence to mankind’s inhumanity to man and nature. Maggi Hambling: 2020, Marlborough London, 15 October – 21 November, book your tickets now via our website and Eventbrite. Read the complete article via our news page, online now. Image: Maggi Hambling, Covid Spring, 2020, oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. Maggi Hambling, Young dancing bear, 2019, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

Final days to see ’s exhibition at Royal Djurgården in Stockhold, Sweden, organized by the Princess Estelle Cultural Foundation. The exhibition is open through Sunday, September 27th. Image: Untitled Cyclone, 2017, alumonum, edition of 3 +1AP, 105 x 117 x 123 in. / 266.7 x 297.2 x 312.4 cm. Photos: Johan Lindskog.

Marlborough New York will reopen at limited capacity ‪on Tuesday, September 29th‬ with an exhibition of and . Further works by 'Arcangelo, , and are available for viewing by appointment only in the second floor gallery. Works by , , ́sSánchez and are also available for viewing by appointment only in the third floor gallery.

The gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-6pm. To ensure the safety of our visitors and staff, we have implemented safety measures, such as the requirement to wear masks and maintain a 6-foot distance at all times. To schedule an appointment to visit the gallery, please email ‪info@marlboroughgallery.com‬ or call
‪+1 (212) 541 4900‬. Photo: Pierre Le Hors.