Nicole Eisenman’s London show contrasts cosmic wonder with political turmoil
Nicole Eisenman’s exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ in London combines comic, unsettling portrayals of contemporary America with moments of sublime cosmic wonder. The works suggest competing responses to social and political disaster: retreating into nature and the stars, embracing righteous anger, or seeking temporary escape through pleasure.
The exhibition includes a monumental painting of a solitary waiter among Stonehenge ruins, alongside an astronomer beneath the Milky Way, both contrasting beauty with isolation. Upstairs, Parking Lot of Violent Forces and Depressive Positions satirises militarised ICE-style goons, while the six-panel The Orgy turns tangled bodies into a dynamic abstraction influenced by modernist painting.
- Eisenman’s exhibition balances cosmic beauty with disturbing political realities.
- Her paintings satirise American violence, anger and social dysfunction.
- Escape appears through stargazing, humour and sexual pleasure.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Nicole Eisenman review: ICE-like goons clash with sublime stargazing as America’s magical magpie returns”.