In Los Angeles in the 60s a relaxed attitude towards the vernacular of the day wasn’t restricted to Pop Art, it pervaded the entire art scene. LA’s beaches, streets and freeways provided the information or setting for many of John Baldessari’s, Chris Burden’s, Bas Jan Ader’s, Allen Ruppersberg’s, and Ed Ruscha’s Conceptual and Performance pieces, while the lustrous surfaces of surfboards and custom cars were evoked by Peter Alexander, Craig Kaufman, John McCracken, Ken Price and DeWain Valentine in their hedonistic spin on Minimalism. The Southern Californians laboured away in pursuit of the perfect sheen … Whereas Pop Art represented the culture of its day, West Coast Minimalism embodied it in resins, waxes, lacquers and metallic paints. - Alex Farquharson, Brian Wilson: An Art Book

In collaboration with Matthew Marks Gallery, Lisson is pleased to present an exhibition of work by the influential LA-based artist, Ken Price (Los Angeles, 1935-2012). Price was a relentlessly inventive artist who challenged forms through sculpture, painting and drawing throughout his five-decade career. As the first solo presentation of his work in the UK in nearly a decade, the exhibition brings together both sculpture and drawing, several of which are on view in London for the first time.