Wes Lang is pleased to announce his upcoming exhibition, "Thank You God", featuring 40 new works. The series develops the contemplative style of his works on paper through a reinterpretation of one of the artist’s recurring motifs: the bird. The
artworks are available by application on HENI Primary from 13 October 2025.
The drawings are acrylic, crayon, pencil and oil pastel on paper and measure at
22.25 x 30 inches. All artworks are set within a wooden frame and signed on the
verso by Wes Lang. The exhibition will be on view from October 13 to October 27. The space is located at 6-10 Lexington St, London W1F 0LB, United Kingdom.
Lang makes birds – what he has described as guides to happiness – the centre of
Thank You God, capturing a variety of species in different stages of movement and
flight. His depictions of birds coincide with internal reflections and his embrace of
spirituality as he was preparing for a new child. Lang’s use of birds to explore this
period of preparation gained new resonance when, in the midst of making the Thank
You God works, a bird’s nest was built outside a window of his home. Lang
describes watching the mother bird plan for and raise her own children as a powerful
source of inspiration.
The works in Thank You God, produced in 2025, are populated by various types of
birds, skulls and flowers as well as cursive text. Lang has long depicted birds, using
it as symbols for positivity, hope and people in his life. The motif is drawn from
memories of his grandmother who loved birds and particularly bluebirds, which
became a major subject in his work after she died. In these new works he returns to
birds as a symbol for somebody who hasn’t been born yet – his newest child, who
was born two days after Lang completed the series. Reflecting on the process of
making Thank You God, Lang says, ‘These [works] helped me navigate the
anticipation, joy, fear and all the other feelings that go along with a new child
coming.'