David Kordansky Gallery is pleased to present Elizabeth Murray and Betty Woodman, an exhibition representing over three decades of work by the two artists. The exhibition is on view in Los Angeles at 5130 W. Edgewood Pl. from March 19 through April 25, 2026. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, March 19 from 6–8 PM. The exhibition is accompanied by a commissioned text written by Steve Locke.

Bringing together two formidable artists whose work pushed their respective mediums to new heights, Elizabeth Murray and Betty Woodman highlights the duo’s keen ability to reimagine traditional art forms by foregrounding painterly techniques on untraditional surfaces and deconstructing hierarchies between surface and form. Though working in ostensibly different mediums—Woodman in ceramics, Murray in painting—these artists shared a radical vision that collapsed the binary between two- and three-dimensional space. In the case of their wall-mounted paintings and sculptures, each artist thoughtfully incorporates the wall as a foundational element that their works can interact with and extend upon. Drawing from a period spanning 1982–2016, this presentation juxtaposes Woodman’s ceramic sculptures with Murray’s shaped canvases, revealing parallel investigations into positive and negative space, figure-ground relationships, the domestic sphere, and the architectural possibilities of art.