Galerie Lelong & Co.

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, is pleased to announce an upcoming solo exhibition by Pinaree Sanpitak, her first with the gallery and first in New York since 2017. Entitled "Fragile Narratives" in reference to the personal and profound experiences of womanhood conveyed by the works on view, and the serenity and sensitivity with which Sanpitak handles them, the exhibition will present new paintings and sculptures. The works on view exemplify Sanpitak’s visual language, innovative use of material, and unflinching endeavors to represent through her practice her experiences of womanhood and the connections between the bodily, self, spiritual and sacred.

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, is pleased to announce an upcoming solo exhibition by Leonardo Drew, the artist’s third with the gallery, opening September 5, 2024. As with all of Drew’s exhibitions and artworks, the presentation remains untitled, allowing viewers to complete the work themselves by forming a highly individual understanding of the work. Central to the exhibition will be an explosive site-specific installation encompassing the entire main gallery, based around a conical form that responds to the architectural features of the space by wrapping around its central column. This will be complemented by a selection of wall-mounted works distinct in the artist’s oeuvre for their bold use of color and reflective materials. At the core of the artist’s practice is an enduring need to create and re-create, and across the works on view—through the reimagining of reused materials and the introduction of new ones—Drew demonstrates his continued expansion of the possibilities of his practice.

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Jaume Plensa, Silent Diary, highlighting new works on paper and premiering a sculptural form entirely new to the artist’s oeuvre. Best known for his monumental public-facing works in portraiture, drawing has long been a rich part of Plensa’s practice and was the focus of two recent institutional solo exhibitions: In small places, close to home at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK (2022) and La lumière veille, dessins 1982-2022 at Musée Picasso, Antibes, France (2022). New drawings referencing influential poets will be on view, complemented by a selection of sculptures, the forms of which are comprised of characters from various alphabets, highlighting language and poetry as recurring sources of inspiration in the artist’s practice.

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York is pleased to present Integration, a solo exhibition of works by Chris Watts, his first at the gallery. Drawing upon four of the artist’s ongoing series, the exhibition highlights Watts’s practice of creating spaces for introspection, remembrance, and meditation through his use of abstraction, transparency, and subtle subversions of art historical conventions. Referencing the concept of integration as it relates to psychedelic therapies, Watts investigates how the Afro-Indigenous cosmologies of these undefinable yet universal spaces can be internalized to better understand the physical world.

Galerie Lelong & Co., New York is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Sarah Grilo, The New York Years, 1962–70, the late artist’s first with the gallery. Curated by Karen Grimson, the exhibition will focus on a pivotal period in the artist’s practice, charting the emergence of her distinct style fusing abstraction with language.