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Alex Katz : theater & dance

Title: Alex Katz : theater & dance / contributions by Charlie L. Reinhart with Laurence Hobgood, David Salle, Robert Storr, Jacqueline Terrassa, Jennifer Tipton, Diana Tuite.
Author: Katz, Alex, 1927-
Publication: New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.

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255 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

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 Newly-commissioned essays, unpublished materials, and major paintings will provide an overview of Katz's working relationships with individual choreographers and shed new light on avant-garde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.

Alternative Title

Alex Katz : theater and dance
Theater & dance
Theater and dance

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Note

"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.

Call Number

JQF 23-291

ISBN

0847871460
9780847871469

LCCN

2022935689

OCLC

1286313923

Author

Katz, Alex, 1927- artist.

Title

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

Publisher

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Reinhart, Charles L., author.

Hobgood, Laurence, author.

Salle, David, 1952- author.

Storr, Robert, author.

Terrassa, Jacqueline, writer of foreword.

Tipton, Jennifer, author.

Tuite, Diana, author.

Colby College. Museum of Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-291

*MGTI 22-4405

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