Graham Little
in ‘Mixing It Up: Painting Today’, Hayward Gallery, London
9 September – 12 December 2021
Installation view of Mixing It Up: Painting Today at Hayward Gallery, 2021. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo: Rob Harris.
Installation view of Mixing It Up: Painting Today at Hayward Gallery, 2021. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo: Rob Harris.
Installation view of Mixing It Up: Painting Today at Hayward Gallery, 2021. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo: Rob Harris.
Graham Little is included in ‘Mixing it Up: Painting Today’ at the Hayward Gallery, London. Curated by Ralph Rugoff and on view from 9 September–12 December 2021, the major survey features 31 artists who live and work in the UK, thus highlighting the country’s emergence as an international centre of contemporary painting.
Approaching painting as a platform for speculative thinking and unexpected conversations, the artists in ‘Mixing it Up’ make works that oscillate between observation and invention, depiction and allegory, illusion and materiality. They treat the canvas as a site of assemblage where references converge from diverse territories including music, design, advertising, vernacular and documentary photography, viral memes, fashion and cinema, as well as art history.
Reflecting the international character of the painting scene in the UK, the artists come from a diverse range of backgrounds and nationalities: over a third of the participating artists were born in other places, including countries in Africa, Asia, South America and North America.