Hauser & Wirth announces representation of Nicole Eisenman
(Artdaily.org)

Hauser & Wirth announced today that the gallery now represents artist Nicole Eisenman. Considered one of the most important painters of her generation, Eisenman (b. 1965, Verdun, France) has developed a powerful and timely new figurative language that combines elements both factual and fictive, mainstream and countercultural. Her oeuvre is distinctive in its emphasis upon the allegorical and its deft mingling of autobiographical elements with historical and fictional narratives that draw attention to contemporary sociopolitical conflicts. Since moving to New York City in 1987, she has emerged as a central figure in the resurgence of painting in America, and a singular voice for identity and culture at the margins. Eisenman’s art has attracted critical admiration for its skillful, subversive appropriation of compositional and stylistic elements of the great painterly traditions, including Old Master and Italian