On the occasion of Frieze Los Angeles, UTA Artist Space and Unit London are pleased to announce a new immersive environment by the celebrated LA-based artist Enrique Martínez Celaya. The exhibition follows the gallery's presentation of Ryan Hewett's first solo show at UTA Artist Space in 2021.
In The Rose Garden, Celaya ambitiously brings together new paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, garments, and writing, inviting viewers to consider the self—both its promise and its threat—through the mystical divination of memory. Existing in harmony with the artist’s concurrent solo exhibitions at The Huntington Library, USC Fisher Museum of Art and Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library – The Rose Garden denotes the power art has to change our perceptions of the world and of our inner selves.
Enrique Martínez Celaya is an artist, author, and former scientist born in Cuba, raised in Spain and Puerto Rico, and who currently resides in Los Angeles. He has realised major exhibitions, projects, interventions, and social and intellectual interactions worldwide. His work has been exhibited and collected by institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. His work has been the subject of several monographic publications including 'Martínez Celaya, SEA SKY LAND: towards a map of everything' (2004) and 'Enrique Martínez Celaya and Käthe Kollwitz: Von den ersten und den letzten Dingen' (2021).
UTA Artist Space is an exhibition venue designed by Ai Weiwei in the heart of Beverly Hills that is committed to showcasing art by globally recognized talent. Since its establishment in 2016, UTA Artist Space has presented notable exhibitions with interdisciplinary artists and creatives, including Derrick Adams, Myrtis Bedolla of Galerie Myrtis, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Essence Harden, Larry Clark, Petra Cortright, Conrad Egyir, Amanda Hunt, Mariane Ibrahim, Arcmanoro Niles, The Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery, The Haas Brothers, and Ai Weiwei, among others.
GIF Images: 1. Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Mystic. Oil and wax on canvas, 183 x 152 cm. 2. Enrique Martínez Celaya, Untitled. Images: 1. Enrique Martínez Celaya in the Studio, 2021. Photographer: Kwaku Alston. 2. Enrique Martínez Celaya in the studio, 2021. All Images Courtesy of the Artist.
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