FANTASTICAL, dreamlike – renowned set designer and artist Gary Card transforms the Berkley Square Phillips Gallery into an immersive landscape with Hysterical, a selling exhibition, open this July. Card has built a strong reputation from working with major brands such as Nike, Hermès, Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, designing album covers for Paul McCartney and costumes for Lady Gaga.
Gary Card, Suburban Barbecue, 2019
This summer, Hysterical bridges Card’s creative wonderland backdrop to a selection of works available for private sale by contemporary artists focusing on the farcical and neurotic within contemporary art. The showcase includes a collaboration with Dior Homme artistic director Kim Jones and a piece with renowned photographer Tim Walker, alongside numerous works from artists such as Kaws, George Condo, Cindy Sherman, Harold Ancart and Erik Parker, with more artworks to be announced.
Harold Ancart, Untitled (Full Moon in the Deep Forest), 2015
Erik Parker, No Use in Cryin’, 2005
Hysterical examines the unsettling undercurrent of cartoon iconography, with works from the other artists co-existing and complementing the environment Gary Card has created.
by Alicia Pountney
Feature image is Gary Card, Ghost Money, 2019
The exhibition run from July 18 until August 21, 2019, Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm at The Phillips Gallery, 30 Berkeley Square, London