Eliza Douglas: GHOSTS

Eliza Douglas layers reworked paintings with UV-printed photographs by her aunt, an investigative journalist documenting UFO phenomena, exploring hauntology and art's status as consumable.

Why go

Douglas combines her own mixed-media canvases with manipulated photographs by Leslie Kean—an investigative journalist reporting on UFOs—creating a conceptual dialogue between personal artistic history and unexplained visual phenomena. The show echoes the 2022 Gagosian London exhibition 'Haunted Realism,' which explored hauntology and temporal overl

What to expect

Large-scale mixed-media paintings (ranging from 64¼ × 64¼ to 81½ × 65¼ inches) combining oil, acrylic gel medium, canvas, and UV printing. Douglas superimposes manipulated photographs onto her own prior works, partially veiling them with enigmatic visual elements.

Things to know

• First solo exhibition by Douglas in New York and at Gagosian.
• First in a series of solo presentations curated by Francesco Bonami at Park & 75.
• Douglas reworks paintings previously exhibited at Air de Paris over the past decade.
• Photographs by Leslie Kean, an investigative journalist who has reported on UFOs and unexplainable phenomena for decades.
• Exhibition echoes 'Haunted Realism' (2022, Gagosian London), which explored Jacques Derrida's concept of hauntology.
• Douglas works across performance, music, fashion, photography, and sculpture alongside painting.

Plan your visit

Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 10–6. Located at 821 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021. Contact +1 212 796 1228 or parkand75@gagosian.com for inquiries.