Rosemary Mayer

Hannah Hoffman, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, and the Estate of Rosemary Mayer are pleased to present the work of Rosemary Mayer (1943-2014) to Los Angeles for the very first time. Mayer’s work spans an array of media exploring themes of history, temporality, and biography, paired with a formal fixation on challenging the assumed properties of fragility. This exhibition, spanning across two gallery locations and including a site-specific work, provides a unique insight into Mayer’s process by introducing works that haven’t been exhibited since the time in which they were made and platforming the interplay of documentation, drawing, and sculpture to encapsulate Mayer’s fundamental interests.

These two presentations coincide with an evanescent sculpture constructed by the Estate of Rosemary Mayer based on Mayer’s works with balloons, from 1977-1979, part of a larger series that she called Temporary Monuments. Five artists have been invited to dedicate a weather balloon in tribute to an individual of their choosing. This outdoor event honors Mayer’s longing to create commemorative sculptures out of transitory materials and celebrates her life-long attention to the passing of time and connecting people, time, place, and nature.