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Ed Ruscha - Brother sister, 1987

Ed Ruscha
Brother sister 1987
Acrylic on canvas
182.9 x 243.8 cm
Partial and promised gift of UBS, 2002
© 2007 Ed Ruscha

Gerhard Richter - Helen, 1963

Gerhard Richter
Helen1963
Oil and graphite on canvas
108.6 x 99.4 cm
The Museum of Modern Art , New York.
Partial and promised gift of UBS, 2002


An incomplete world

Works from The UBS Art Collection

28 September 2007 to 6 January 2008
UBS Contemporary Art Galleries, Level 3

An incomplete world presents the work of leading international artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Gerhard Richter and Cindy Sherman. Drawn from one of the finest corporate art collections in the world this is an opportunity to view great contemporary works of art.

The works selected for An incomplete world consider how we have shaped the world and how the world we have created shapes us. Including 50 paintings and photographs by 31 artists, the exhibition explores themes of portraits and people, transforming spaces and the natural and built environment.

Exhibitions curated from The UBS Art Collection have previously been displayed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Tate Modern, London.

 

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