Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents an exhibition with the new series Dancers by Alex Katz, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday.
In this new series, he portrays the New York dancer Laura. In contrast to his previous series of dancers, here he concentrates solely on her face and her expressions as she dances. Only suggestions of her shoulders and her neck, stretched or turned to the side, give an idea of the motion of her body. The pose "of his subjects [is] frozen in a moment of stillness that, beyond the canvas, is part of an ongoing motion. Their splayed fingers (...) tell us something of their profession, but the strongest impression is the artificiality the painter uses to depict the act of dancing." (Mark Rappolt, 2011)

Alex Katz

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Villa Kast

Mirabellplatz 2, A-5020 Salzburg

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25 Nov, 2017 – 20 Jan, 2018

Opening Hours
Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 6P<
SATURDAY 10AM - 2PM

Above : Laura 1, 2017, Oil on linen, 152.4 x 101.5cm