Opera Gallery Miami is pleased to present 'Face to Face', an exhibition bringing together the work of Alex Katz and Julian Opie around one of art's most persistent subjects: the human figure. Through paintings, sculptures and video works, the exhibition considers how each artist simplifies the figure to make it immediate and recognizable. Although their visual languages differ, both artists pare back descriptive detail to focus on the elements that make a figure legible—a face, a gesture, a posture or the outline of a body. Their approaches diverge, however, in what remains: Katz retains the individuality of his subjects, while Opie pushes the figure towards a more universal visual language. Alex Katz came of age in the New York art world when Abstract Expressionism dominated, yet remained committed to figuration throughout his career. Taking inspiration from film clo
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