Visite Privée: Art Gallery Visit Series
December 16th, 2025 @ Hauser & Wirth
Columbia alumni were welcomed by Hauser & Wirth gallery director Séverine Waelchli and her assistant Teresa Hantke for a private guided tour of the latest show of the American Indigineous artist Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972).
Gibson is an American Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee painter and sculptor. He grew up in major urban centers in the United States, Germany, and Korea, where he absorbed the transgressive soundtrack of the 1980s through limited access to MTV. Gibson graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 and received a Master of Arts in painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1998.
The genesis of this new body of work is a series of small, jewel-like paintings rooted in Gibson’s investigation into astral projections and psycho-prismatism. The works draw on histories of color studies from the 17th century to the present, with a particular focus on those created in the 19th century. The formal compositions of these works integrate diagrammatic color studies while also recalling Indigenous and modern histories of abstraction. Gibson’s exploration of the psycho-prismatic inspired a group of mid-size ‘horizon’ paintings, in which the artist utilizes overlapping circular motifs and patterns to create polychromatic compositions operating somewhere between landscapes and timescapes. Also on view, a selection of large beaded-frame paintings that are ecstatic in color and enveloping in scale. While the complex layers of pigment on the canvas are almost indecipherable, the subtle gradients of color soften the graphic contrasts within the composition, allowing the viewer to see every layer at once.
The visit included champagne and nibbles in the collector’s lounge.
Jeffrey Gibson
with an uncorrupted gaze, 2025
Acrylic on watercolor paper, screen printing on watercolor paper, vintage badges, glass beads, nylon thread, acrylic marker
130.2 x 166.4 cm
ABOUT THE SERIES
Each visit includes a guided tour led by an artist, curator, or gallerist, followed by an engaging discussion at a Paris art gallery or artist atelier. It provides a unique opportunity for alumni, artists and galleries to connect, fostering meaningful relationships around the world of contemporary art.
Posted by Victor Schaub Wong ’91 GSAPP