Richard Hawkins

The paintings, collage and sculpture of Richard Hawkins draw on the histories of art, literature and popular culture, locating biographical details, anecdotes or obsessive subcultures. Since the early 2000s his work has adopted an eclectic mix of subjects from Greek and Roman sculpture to steampunk; quoting from the paintings of Otto Dix, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Pierre Bonnard and Francis Bacon, or paying homage to figures such as the Japanese choreographer Tatsumi or the artist Forrest Bess to consider the subject of desire. The exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien will be the largest presentation of his work in over a decade, presenting new works within a selection from the last twenty years. It will be accompanied by a new monographic publication.