David Lynch: LA

Pace Los Angeles · Mid-City

Exhibition on view: Sep 19, 2026 - Dec 22, 2026

"LA" brings together five photographic series David Lynch made between 1979 and 2008, his first show in Los Angeles since his passing in 2025. Color images from "Figures and Smoke" show cropped faces exhaling smoke, alongside black-and-white nudes, the blurred "Couch Series," city architecture, and "Kits," a disassembled fish, chicken, and duck. They trace the atmosphere, mystery, and uncanny feel of Los Angeles.

David Lynch

David Lynch (1946–2025) was a filmmaker and visual artist who lived in Los Angeles for more than fifty years. After five years studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, he moved to LA in 1972 as an American Film Institute fellow and made Eraserhead (1977). He never abandoned the studio, developing his visual art in parallel with his films.

Portrait of David Lynch, photography by Josh Telles

Artworks in this exhibition

Installation view, David Lynch, "LA" at Pace Los Angeles