“When that first photograph was taken of Earth from space and you saw this little ball in blackness,” said the artist Luchita Hurtado in a 2019 interview, “I became aware of what I felt I was. I feel very much that a tree is a relative, a cousin. Everything in this world, I find, I’m related to.” This relationship with nature—the human body mingling with the landscape, the landscape blending with the body and assuming its dips and swells—permeates Hurtado’s paintings and drawings. A friend of Frida Kahlo, Isamu Noguchi, and many other luminaries of the art world, Hurtado continued to refine her practice, largely in private, right up until her death in August at the age of ninety-nine. “Luchita Hurtado. Together Forever,” which showcases work from more than half a century of her career, opens at Hauser & Wirth’s Twenty-Second Street location on September 10, 2020. A selection of images from the show appears below.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, ca. 1960s, graphite and charcoal on paper, 18″ x 24″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Birth, 2019, acrylic on linen, 30 1/8″ x 22″ x 1 5/8″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled (Birthing Mother Earth), 2018, acrylic and ink on linen, 24″ x 19″ x 1 5/8″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, ca. 1960s, ink on paper, 7 3/8″ x 4 3/8″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, ca. 1990s, graphite, ink, and collage on paper, 24″ x 17 7/8″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled (Birthing), 2019, acrylic on canvas, 24 1/4″ x 19 1/4″ x 1 3/4″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
Luchita Hurtado, Untitled, ca. 1970s, crayon, graphite, and ink on paper, 23 3/4″ x 18″. © Luchita Hurtado. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Jeff McLane.
“Luchita Hurtado. Together Forever” will be on view at Hauser & Wirth’s Twenty-Second Street location from September 10 to October 31, 2020.
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