Almine Rech London is pleased to present Ana Karkar's second solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from May 30 to July 27, 2024.
Ana Karkar is a French-American artist who lives and works in Paris. Karkar draws on some of her references of major works from the Vienna Secession. In her paintings of nudes, the bodies are twisted and blended in a danse macabre that evoke the work of Egon Schiele, or joined in passionate freedom recalling Gustav Klimt's iconic painting The Kiss.
Karkar's mastery of gesture is evident in her exploration of the interaction between abstraction and figuration, humans and hybrid figures. Her work is imbued with colour relationships, as expressed by a vibrant palette surrounded with blue that captures the eye of the viewer.
The chiaroscuro in her works evokes cinematographic scenes. Her art is influenced by images in the collective unconscious, especially experimental horror movies. The artist skillfully combines these filmic elements with her own artistic language thus creating a captivating visual dialogue.
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