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The Wick Culture - Stanza, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Stanza, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

The Wick Culture - Enjambment, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Enjambment, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

The Wick Culture - Onomatopoeia, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Onomatopoeia, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

The Wick Culture - Analepsis, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Analepsis, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

The Wick Culture - Ecphonesis, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Ecphonesis, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Stanza, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Enjambment, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Onomatopoeia, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Analepsis, 2025. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Above Ecphonesis, 2026. © Liza Lou. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Joshua White

Thaddaeus Ropac
Ely House, 37 Dover Street
London
W1S 4NJ
10 April – 23 May

Liza Lou returns to London with a body of work that slows painting down and makes it shimmer. In FAQ, oil paint and glass beads meet on the same surface, turning the supposedly spontaneous brushstroke into something more deliberate, exacting and strange. What first appears as a bold sweep of colour reveals itself up-close as a patient accumulation of tiny glass units, each one sharpening the tension between instinct and control. It is a clever, seductive show that asks what painting can be when gesture is filtered through labour and attentive precision.