Almine Rech is pleased to announce Ana Karkar's first solo exhibition with the gallery.  

Ana Karkar is a French-American artist who has lived and worked in Paris for many years. Viewers will experience her world in her exhibition LOVECHILD at Almine Rech Brussels, in which she pays tribute to her father, Edward Karkar. This selection of new paintings takes us on a journey through color and symbolism.  

Karkar draws some of her references from major works of the Vienna Secession. In her paintings of nudes, the bodies are twisted and blended in a danse macabre that evokes the work of Egon Schiele, or are 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, between humans and hybrid figures. Her work is imbued with color relationships, as expressed by a vibrant palette surrounded with blue that captures the eye of the visitor.  

The chiaroscuro in her works evokes cinematographic scenes. Her art is influenced by images in the collective unconscious, especially experimental horror cinema, as expressed by her titles Twin Falls and Skin in the Game. The artist skillfully combines these cinematographic elements with her own artistic language, creating a captivating visual dialogue.  

– Milena Oldfield