Piano Nobile, London The weight of history hovers over this American postwar figurative artist who settled in the UK, with an increasing focus on the experience of Jews 'Cézanne said he wanted to do Poussin over again after nature," said the painter RB Kitaj. "I like the idea that one might try to do Cézanne and Degas over again after Auschwitz." London gallery Piano Nobile has created an intimate exhibition that shows you how Kitaj came to such a conception. It's the story of an artist who pa...
RB Kitaj review - kaleidoscopic collage-paintings haunted by the Holocaust
The Guardian - 24 Oct 2023 12:33
Piano Nobile, London The weight of history hovers over this American postwar figurative artist who settled in the UK, with an increasing focus on the experience of Jews 'Cézanne said he wanted to do Poussin over again after nature," said the painter RB Kitaj. "I like the idea that one might try to do Cézanne and Degas over again after Auschwitz." London gallery Piano Nobile has created an intimate exhibition that shows you how Kitaj came to such a conception. It's the story of an artist who pa...
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