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Alex Katz theater & dance contributions by Charlie L. Reinhart with Laurence Hobgood, David Salle, Robert Storr, Jacqueline Terrassa, Jennifer Tipton, Diana Tuite

Catalog Data

Artist:
Katz, Alex 1927-  Search this
Author:
Reinhart, Charles L  Search this
Hobgood, Laurence  Search this
Salle, David 1952-  Search this
Storr, Robert  Search this
Tipton, Jennifer  Search this
Tuite, Diana  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Terrassa, Jacqueline  Search this
Host institution:
Colby College Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Katz, Alex 1927-  Search this
Paul Taylor Dance Company Dramatic production Design  Search this
Physical description:
255 pages illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2022
20th century
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Alex Katz: Theater and Dance, organized by Colby College Museum of Art, August 16, 2022-February 19, 2023."--Colophon
Contents:
Beaux gestes / Robert Storr -- Foreword / Jacqueline Terrassa -- A theatrical situation / Diana Tuite -- Productions and projects / Alex Katz with Jennifer Tipton -- Staging pictures / David Salle -- Paintings -- He makes obstacles / Charlie L. Reinhart with Laurence Hobgood
Summary:
Since Alex Katz first painted the Paul Taylor in 1959, he has invited dancers to model for him. Dance, according to the artist, belongs to the same long tradition of gestures as painting. This publication is the first to examine the many decades of Katz's work for the stage, including the ways that he introduced tenets of postwar painting into theatre and dance aesthetics. I'd never seen anything like it, Katz recalls of his first encounter with the work of dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor. The two partnered on fifteen productions for which Katz innovated with flat lighting, humorous obstacles, and framing mechanisms. His involvement with Paul Taylor led to collaborations with other companies including Yoshiko Chuma, Laura Dean, William Dunas, and Parsons. Among Katz's most celebrated sets is the ensemble of cutouts he created for Kenneth Koch's 1961 production, George Washington Crossing the Delaware. Katz heightened the absurdity of the Revolutionary War-inspired play with Pop-adjacent figures and props. This publication brings together paintings, sketches, costumes, photographs, film stills, and ephemera. Newly-commissioned essays, unpublished materials, and major paintings will provide an overview of Katz's working relationships with individual choreographers and shed new light on avant-garde collaborations in New York between the 1960s and 80s
Topic:
Dance in art  Search this
Theater in art  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.K233 A46a 2022
N40.1.K333 A46a 2022
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158909