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“Since 1960, I have been concerned with the creation of a formal imagery that is specifically female, a new language that fuses mind and body into erotic objects that are namable and at the same time quite abstract.”1 —Hannah Wilke, 1976
Petzel is pleased to present Abstract Bodies, an exhibition of works by American artist Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), opening Thursday, September 4, 2025. Organized in collaboration with the family of the artist’s late husband Donald Goddard, which is managed by Schwartzman&, the show will be on view through October 18, 2025, at 520 West 25th Street. Abstract Bodies features a number of Wilke’s canonical ceramic sculptures together with a group of rarely seen works on paper, including sculptures that have never been exhibited publicly.
Born in New York City in 1940, Hannah Wilke used various media including sculpture, drawing, photography, performance, and...More

Press Release
“Since 1960, I have been concerned with the creation of a formal imagery that is specifically female, a new language that fuses mind and body into erotic objects that are namable and at the same time quite abstract.”1 —Hannah Wilke, 1976
Petzel is pleased to present Abstract Bodies, an exhibition of works by American artist Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), opening Thursday, September 4, 2025. Organized in collaboration with the family of the artist’s late husband Donald Goddard, which is managed by Schwartzman&, the show will be on view through October 18, 2025, at 520 West 25th Street. Abstract Bodies features a number of Wilke’s canonical ceramic sculptures together with a group of rarely seen works on paper, including sculptures that have never been exhibited publicly.
Born in New York City in 1940, Hannah Wilke used various media including sculpture, drawing, photography, performance, and...More