Alex Katz: Theater and Dance
Alex Katz: Theater and Dance
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with contributions from Laurence Hobgood, Alex Katz, Charles L. Reinhart, David Salle, Robert Storr, Jennifer Tipton, and Diana Tuite, 2022
Since Alex Katz first painted 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. Katz partnered with dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor on sixteen productions for which Katz innovated with flat lighting, humorous obstacles, and framing mechanisms. His involvement with Taylor led to collaborations with other companies including Yoshiko Chuma, Laura Dean, William Dunas, and Parsons.
This publication, which brings together paintings, sketches, costumes, photographs, film stills, and ephemera, 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 theater and dance aesthetics. Newly commissioned essays, unpublished materials, and major paintings provide an overview of Katz’s working relationships with individual choreographers and shed new light on avant-garde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.
Hardcover, 256 pages
Dimension: 8 x10 in.



