Richard Hawkins survey at Kestner Gesellschaft spans online subcultures and AI video
Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover presents 'Potentialities', a major survey of Richard Hawkins featuring over 100 works across eight bodies of work. The exhibition focuses on the past twenty years of the Los Angeles–based artist's practice, including painting, sculpture, ceramic reliefs, and AI-generated videos drawn from online subcultures and shared memes. It opens with a group of paintings (2017–24) made by cutting and pasting imagery from magazines, combining Greek and Roman statuary, hair model headshots, thirst traps, gay adult film stars, and Hollywood icons. This is the first institutional overview of Hawkins’s oeuvre in over a decade.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Potentialities' at Kestner Gesellschaft
- Over 100 works across eight bodies of work
- Focus on works from the past twenty years
- Includes AI-generated videos
- Opens with paintings from 2017–24 using cut-and-paste technique
- Sources include Greek and Roman statuary, hair models, thirst traps, gay adult film stars, Hollywood icons
- First major institutional overview in more than a decade
- Richard Hawkins is Los Angeles–based
Entities
Artists
- Richard Hawkins
Institutions
- Kestner Gesellschaft
Locations
- Hanover
- Germany
- Los Angeles
- United States