The downstairs gallery has a reflective sculptural figure contrasting and interacting with the one painting in the room. Both are of Ada, the wife of American artist Alex Katz (born 1927), positioned here in a masterful and powerful piece of art curation, proving that ‘less is more’ (Mies van der Rohe).
Upstairs, paintings of his wife Ada and empty natural landscapes focused on the sculptural forms of iris and trees circulate around a further figure ‘Departure’ located in the 18th century architecture of Timothy Taylor in Mayfair.
Newly opened, the exhibition had the added sculptural additions of the gallery photographer with his reflective umbrellas which added a further, if unintended, dimension….