ARTISTS
The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40
Celebrating four decades of ground-breaking contemporary art, The Long Now is an expansive group show presenting new works by iconic artists closely associated with the Gallery鈥檚 dynamic history, alongside fresh voices from a new generation.
Spanning two floors and nine major exhibition spaces, the exhibition features special commissions, installations, painting and sculpture, and culminates with Richard Wilson鈥檚 iconic 20:50. A landmark in Saatchi Gallery鈥檚 history, 20:50 has been shown at each of the Gallery鈥檚 past locations and now, for the first time, is presented on the top floor.
Filling the space with recycled engine oil, it creates a mirrored environment that both disorients and captivates. In the context of today鈥檚 climate crisis, the work takes on renewed resonance, inviting reflection on the fragility of our surroundings, community, and environmental uncertainty.
The Long Now takes its name from a concept of fostering long-term thinking and challenging throwaway culture. Newly created works appear alongside historic pieces that remain impactful and relevant, continuing Saatchi Gallery鈥檚 tradition of showing art of the present while giving artists the space to realise ambitious ideas.
The exhibition opens with works exploring process and mark-making 鈥� a fundamental human gesture reimagined by Alice Anderson, Rannva Kunoy and Carolina Mazzolari. This spirit of experimentation runs through works by Tim Noble, Andr茅 Butzer, Dan Colen, Jake Chapman and Polly Morgan, who push subject, style and scale.
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Celebrating four decades of ground-breaking contemporary art, The Long Now is an expansive group show presenting new works by iconic artists closely associated with the Gallery鈥檚 dynamic history, alongside fresh voices from a new generation.
Spanning two floors and nine major exhibition spaces, the exhibition features special commissions, installations, painting and sculpture, and culminates with Richard Wilson鈥檚 iconic 20:50. A landmark in Saatchi Gallery鈥檚 history, 20:50 has been shown at each of the Gallery鈥檚 past locations and now, for the first time, is presented on the top floor.
Filling the space with recycled engine oil, it creates a mirrored environment that both disorients and captivates. In the context of today鈥檚 climate crisis, the work takes on renewed resonance, inviting reflection on the fragility of our surroundings, community, and environmental uncertainty.
The Long Now takes its name from a concept of fostering long-term thinking and challenging throwaway culture. Newly created works appear alongside historic pieces that remain impactful and relevant, continuing Saatchi Gallery鈥檚 tradition of showing art of the present while giving artists the space to realise ambitious ideas.
The exhibition opens with works exploring process and mark-making 鈥� a fundamental human gesture reimagined by Alice Anderson, Rannva Kunoy and Carolina Mazzolari. This spirit of experimentation runs through works by Tim Noble, Andr茅 Butzer, Dan Colen, Jake Chapman and Polly Morgan, who push subject, style and scale.
Artists on show
- Alejandro Ospina
- Alex Katz
- Alexi Williams Wynn
- Alice Anderson
- Allan Kaprow
- Andre Butzer
- Ansel Krut
- Carolina Mazzolari
- Chino Moya
- Chris Levine
- Christopher Le Brun
- Conrad Shawcross
- Damien Hirst
- Dan Colen
- Dima Srouji
- Edward Burtynsky
- Gavin Turk
- Henry Hudson
- Ibrahim Mahama
- Jake Chapman
- Jeff McMillan
- Jenny Saville
- Jo Dennis
- John Currin
- John Squire
- Maria Kreyn
- Martine Poppe
- Mat Collishaw
- Michael Raedecker
- Misha Milovanovich
- Olafur Eliasson
- Olivia Bax
- Peter Buggenhout
- Petroc Dragon Sesti
- Polly Morgan
- Rafael Gomez Barros
- Rannvá Kunoy
- Richard Brian Wilson
- Ryan Mosley
- Soheila Sokhanvari
- Sterling Ruby
- Steven Parrino
- Tim Noble
- Tom Hunter
- Ximena Garrido-Lecca
- Zhivago Duncan
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