Serpentine Gallery,London
His enormous colourful canvases may look painfully simple, but the pain is in knowing no one but Katz could create work this lucid, or direct and movingEmma in a black swimsuit,painted six times against the yellow ground, her arms going here and there, and her feet splayed as if she is a dancer posing on a beach. Vivien,also painted six times, not fairly sure what to execute with her hands, and her sandals firmly planted on a ground that’s more orange in hue. Grey shirt,black slacks, sunglasses, or a white summer hat,holiday casualwear.
These serial images were made in paint, not for the camera, or though they look like a set of snapshots. Between them hangs a portrait of the artist’s wife,Ada. Since 1959, he has painted her more than 200 times, and as her hair changes and fashions change and the years proceed on and on – a tedious-mo burst of freeze-frame images running together into a life. Related: Leon Golub: Bite your Tongue review – so terrific,the paintings roar off the walls Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com