Josh Smith, Living With Depression

David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Josh Smith at the gallery’s Paris location marking Smith’s first solo exhibition in the French capital since 2009.

Living with Depression reflects Smith’s desire to push himself and his work into new territories. While the majority of the artist’s past exhibitions have focused on specific visuals—such as grim reapers, palm trees, turtles, or his own name—the presentation in Paris will be more pictorially dynamic and less serialized, including both abstract and representational paintings as well as hybrid works that mix these visual modes. Recognizing that successful paintings emerge from the structures and restrictions imposed on or by the artist, Smith challenged himself by relying less on the color contrasts and the high-tone palettes he has used in many of his past works, instead choosing to explore the nuances of red, which unites the works in the exhibition.

On the cover: Josh Smith, Living with Depression, 2023
© Josh Smith
Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

Source: Show On Show