Viewing Harland Miller: Imminent End, Rescheduled Eternally

Harland Miller is best known for his paintings based on Penguin book covers that explore the relationship between words, images and the process of making. He achieved critical acclaim with his debut novel in 2000 and has explored the narrative, aural and typographical possibilities of language in paint ever since. This autumn he brings a new series of hard-edge and abstract letter paintings to White Cube Bermondsey — and excitement is mounting.

As you meander around the gallery, you’ll come face to face with large-scale paintings in which Miller overlays letters, shapes, words and colours to ‘create a sense of depth in the image that deconstructs and abstracts the meaning of language itself.’ Among our favourites is Pressure (2022), featuring a striking contrast of pinks, reds, yellows and greens.

The exhibition coincides with the release of a revised edition of In Shadows I Boogie, Phaidon’s major monograph exhibition dedicated to the artist. See you there.