On the occasion of Frieze LA, and celebrating the opening week of ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, Part II’, please join us for the US premiere of ‘BODYSUIT’ by Sharon Eyal and George Rouy at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles.
Commissioned by Hannah Barry Gallery and co-produced with Hauser & Wirth, ‘BODYSUIT’ is a visionary live work for five dancers by artist George Rouy and internationally acclaimed choreographer Sharon Eyal. Their first collaborative creation, ‘BODYSUIT’ is a multidisciplinary live event, with exacting, rigorous and liberated practices in movement, light, sound and environment. ‘BODYSUIT’ brings together new electronic music composed by Rouy with the signature punctuating choreography of Eyal, centered on a large silver and graphite painting by Rouy—together alternating from austerity to crisis and euphoria.
Performed in combination with a mirrored dance floor, dynamic lighting systems and costumes designed by British fashion house 16Arlington in collaboration with Rouy, ‘BODYSUIT’ creates a total stage environment that juxtaposes technical precision with rapturous, unapologetic freedom, forcing the world to challenge itself and its boundaries and giving form to the inalienable battle between our deepest feelings.
The performance is approximately 45 minutes long with no intermission.
Doors open at 7 pm and the performance will start promptly at 7.30 pm. No late admission.
Tickets
Tickets prices range from $10 – $40 per person. All seats within each ticket price are general admission.
Proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund.
Unrestricted view: $40 + ticketing fee
Partially restricted view: $20 + ticketing fee
Restricted view: $10 + ticketing fee
Standing room: $10 + ticketing fee
For press ticket enquiries, please contact samaradavis@hauserwirth.com.
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About ‘George Rouy. The Bleed, II’
‘The Bleed, Part II’ is British artist George Rouy’s first US solo exhibition with the Hauser & Wirth. Following upon Rouy’s recent London presentation, this ‘second chapter’ will feature all new works extending his exploration of human mass, multiplicity and movement. In works characterized by a distinctive dynamism, Rouy captures essential experiences of contemporary life – desire and vexation, the urge to connect frustrated by alienation – to address emotional extremities in a globalized, technologically-driven age.
About ‘BODYSUIT’
The creation of ‘BODYSUIT’ took place in France, kindly supported by the Domaine de Courances, Théâtre-Sénart, Lieusaint and Palais de Tokyo. The London performance lead supporter is Suneil Setiya. ‘BODYSUIT’ is supported by a generous circle of donors: Tavakoli Foundation, Sydney, Australia; Jie Du; Simon Nixon; Bob Shaw; and those who wish to remain anonymous.
The music is composed by George Rouy in collaboration with Liam Toon and Oscar Defriez.
About Sharon Eyal
Sharon Eyal is one of the most radical choreographers working today. Her work is staged worldwide and her award-winning unmistakable style is startling. Known for propulsive performances that fuse classical dance with underground culture, she seizes darkness with intention. Punctuating her sharp and brutal choreography with vulnerability and emotional depth, Eyal harnesses the human body to assume a grave beauty, capturing the raw condition of human expression—the brutal journey of the heart. As well as creating a repertoire of critically acclaimed original works for dance companies around the world, she has made notable projects outside the dance world, working closely with the music label Young on projects such as ROSE, Maria Grazia Chiuri Creative Director at Dior and electronic musician and producer Koreless.
About George Rouy
George Rouy is recognized as a leading figure in a new generation of international artists. His dynamic and signature use of the human figure—vexed with desire, freedom, alienation and crisis—speaks to the extremities of our time. Focused on the relationship between interior landscapes and the body in motion, Rouy’s approach to the body—and his pursuit of painting—is one of contradiction, harmony and perpetual transformation. Bodies, captured alone and at times gathered in quiet pairs or imprisoned in crowds of amorphous energy, move from diminuendo, absorption and poise to expansive forces of crescendo, incitement and charge. Together they present rhapsodic portraits of identity in a globalized and technologically-driven 21st Century, alluding to recurring themes of the face as a mask, the individual as a copy and the self as a shadow. This bold and subversive corporeal language— constrained and liberated—captures the grave and arrested beauty of our contemporary moment.
About 16Arlington
Marco Capaldo, Creative Director of British fashion house 16Arlington, co-founded the brand in 2018 and continues to captivate with his visionary approach to design. Capaldo’s rise within the industry has been marked by his affinity for beauty – whether in art, architecture, books or design – which profoundly influences his work, leading to creations that transcend conventional boundaries and redefine fashion. The 2024 recipient of the British Fashion Award for New Establishment Womenswear, 16Arlington’s influence has grown through red carpet appearances, high-profile media coverage and endorsement by the world’s most notable retailers.
About Hannah Barry Gallery
Hannah Barry Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in London. The gallery programme is focussed on realising ambitious solo and group exhibitions, live performance and new commissions, supporting publications and programming and producing cross-disciplinary projects led by the artists we represent. Hannah Barry Gallery is committed to artists and projects that value experimentation and risk, discussion and debate and continues to operate according to the principles on which it was started: dedicated to the progress of artists and their ideas, to the development of a language and network of support around artistic practice, and to bring the work to the broadest possible audiences. Opening in 2008, Hannah Barry Gallery grew out of a series of temporary exhibition projects in South London before establishing a permanent home in Peckham.
Bold Tendencies is a not-for-profit arts organisation set up by Hannah Barry in 2007 which continues to run alongside the gallery. Established in the rooftop spaces of Peckham’s Multi-Storey Car Park, it has transformed a disused building into an iconic, much-loved place of culture and assembly. Supporting a new generation of creative voices alongside acclaimed international artists, it delivers an ambitious annual programme of experimental Visual Arts, Creative Learning and Live Events open to the public, offering access, participation and enjoyment of the arts for everyone.
