‘Sottobosco’ Resurfaced: Nicolas Party Builds New Worlds

Comprised of new paintings, sculptures, site-specific murals, and an architectural installation, Nicolas Party's ‘Sottobosco’ transforms our Los Angeles gallery through both physical intervention and trompe-l'œil.

Taking its title from the Italian word for the undergrowth of a forest, the term ‘sottobosco’ also denotes the sub-genre of 17th century Dutch still life painting devoted to botanical and zoological life in nature’s darker regions. For Party, Los Angeles was the perfect place to explore these themes as a city frequently cited as being far more complex than its’ surface suggests.

‘Nicolas Party: ‘Sottobosco’, is on view at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles 13 February – 12 April 2020.

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