Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce its representation of New York-based artist Anna Park (b. 1996), who creates charcoal and ink drawings that teeter between abstraction and figuration. Large-scale and satirical, Park’s work often comments on the cultural commodification of women, examining the societal pressures imposed on women by the media to conform to unrealistic standards of beauty. This announcement comes on the heels of a major year for the artist, following Park’s solo museum exhibition Look, look. Anna Park, which closed in September 2024 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, WA.
Lehmann Maupin will present a new work by Park at the forthcoming Art Basel Hong Kong fair and will mount a solo exhibition of new work by Park at its London location in 2026, marking the artist’s debut in the United Kingdom. Lehmann Maupin will work in collaboration with BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York to support Park and her work.
Park’s process is both gestural and meticulous. She begins each canvas with improvisational mark-making, which builds into figurative compositions that evoke the anxieties of popular culture in America. Park often draws inspiration from the art historical cannon, incorporating iconography from various styles and movements—from the radical fragmentation of Cubism, to the irreverence and flatness of Ed Ruscha and Pop Artists like Roy Lichtenstein, to Barbara Kruger’s use of text to address cultural constructions of power and sexuality. In nostalgic, black-and-white montages, Park isolates intimate vignettes that depict feminine imagery like painted nails, pierced ears, or delicate décolletés. These tableaus articulate narratives of inner conflict, shame, longing, growth, and mortality through allegory and archetype, often with regard to the many implications of being a woman in contemporary society.
“Anna’s emotionally-charged work holds a mirror to our frenzied and turbulent contemporary experience, ” said David Maupin, Co-founder of Lehmann Maupin. “As a gallery, we’re proud to support artists who challenge traditional perspectives on topics such as gender, identity, and community. Anna is an incredibly talented artist and we’re so thrilled to welcome her to the program!”
“I am looking forward to working alongside a group of artists who I’ve looked up to and been inspired by for a long time,” said Anna Park. “I am excited and grateful to be working with the amazing team at Lehmann Maupin and to begin this new journey together!”
Park earned her MFA from the New York Academy of Fine Art and her BA from Pratt Institute. Her work is featured in notable museum collections around the world, including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, China; Fortress House, Gibraltar; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL.
Read more in Artsy.
Artist portrait by Devin Blaskovich
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