Daniel Arsham and Emmanuel Perrotin: 20 Years of Artistic Collaboration Celebrated

New York-based artist Daniel Arsham is celebrating his 20-year collaboration with gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin with a dual exhibition at Perrotin galleries in Paris and New York. The retrospective, titled “20 Years / 20 Ans,” will spotlight key moments in Arsham’s career, including an upcoming collaboration with Star Wars.

The exhibition will feature a series of new weathered sculptures made from Hydrostone and quartz crystals, as well as a new series of paintings created with an impasto paint specially developed by the artist to evoke Renaissance textures. Emmanuel Perrotin, who has played a vital role in the artist’s growth, said in a statement that he met Daniel when he was just 22 and was immediately drawn to his incredible talent and distinct vision.

The exhibition will also include never-before-seen sketches Arsham made on hotel stationery, as well as his iconic works “Falling Clocks” and “Veiled Poem,” which manipulate the surfaces of the gallery walls. Nostalgia has always been a common thread in Arsham’s 20-year career, and this exhibition is no exception.

Patrick Moore, director and curator of the Andy Warhol Museum, has noted that the nostalgia in Arsham's work is not a "sweet, easy nostalgia," but rather a somewhat somber reminder that the great wonders of American life and popular culture are a thing of the past.

The exhibition "20 Years / 20 Ans" will open at Perrotin Paris from September 2 to October 7, then continue in New York from September 6 to October 14.

Gallery addresses:

• Perrotin Paris, 76 Rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris, France
• Perrotin New York, 130 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002

For more information, you can visit the Perrotin gallery website .