Agita

September 16 — October 31, 2026 Gladstone is pleased to present Agita, the gallery’s first exhibition with artist Joseph Yaeger. Known for distinctive watercolor-on-gesso paintings that depict a series of interconnected and psychically charged subjects, Yaeger’s work probes our propensity to read shared cultural imagery through the lens of private desire. As is typical of the artist’s practice, Agita is accompanied by a new publication of the same title. Drafted as the structural precursor to the exhibition, this confessional and sometimes unreliable text emphasizes Yaeger’s interest in falsehoods, misidentifications, and the gains and losses that populate the distance between encounter and recollection. Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Installation view, Joseph Yaeger: Agita, Gladstone, New York, 2026 Be that as it may, 2025 Watercolor on gessoed linen 74 3⁄4 x 47 1⁄4 inches (189.9 x 120 cm) Photo: Modern Art Intuitions are narratives, 2025 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm) Photo: Modern Art Paradigm to naught, 2025 Watercolor on gessoed linen 74 3⁄4 x 47 1⁄4 inches (189.9 x 120 cm) Photo: Modern Art Only one underneath, 2025 Watercolor on gessoed linen 63 x 98 5⁄8 inches (160 x 250.5 cm) Photo: Modern Art Corner trap, 2026 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen 90 1⁄2 x 66 7⁄8 inches (229.9 x 169.9 cm) Photo: Modern Art What you're waiting for has already happened, 2026 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen 66 7⁄8 x 90 1⁄2 inches (169.9 x 229.9 cm) Photo: Modern Art Edge of the unintended, 2026 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen 63 x 47 1⁄4 inches (160 x 120 cm) Photo: Modern Art No rebuttal, 2025-2026 Watercolor on gessoed linen 63 x 98 3⁄8 inches (160 x 249.9 cm) Photo: Modern Art Practicing vanishing, 2026 Watercolor on gessoed linen 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm) Photo: Modern Art We carry the unthinkable, 2026 Watercolor on gessoed linen 74 3⁄4 x 47 1⁄4 inches (189.9 x 120 cm) Photo: Modern Art Stone to flower, 2025 Watercolor on gessoed linen, leaves 16 1⁄8 x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm) Photo: Modern Art There are still songs to sing past man, 2026 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen, glass 47 1⁄4 x 63 inches (120 x 160 cm) Photo: Modern Art No blood at the plane, 2026 Watercolor and studio debris on gessoed linen 14 1⁄8 x 11 3⁄4 inches (35.9 x 29.8 cm) Photo: Modern Art Joseph Yaeger (b. 1986, Helena, Montana) received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (2008) and his MFA in painting at the Royal College of Art, London (2019). The artist has been the subject of solo exhibitions at The Perimeter, London (2023); Antenna Space, Shanghai (2022); Project Native Informant, London (2021); and V.O. Curations, London (2020), in addition to group shows at Modern Art, London (2024); Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, United Kingdom (2024); Lisson Gallery, London (2024); k11, Shanghai (2023); Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles (2022); David Lewis, New York (2022); and The Perimeter, London (2022). Yaeger's work is held in the collection of the Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway.