Generations and Languages Meet on Canvas

Dialogues, the new group exhibition presented by Monica De Cardenas in Milan, brings together generations, languages, and sensibilities in a vibrant exchange between figuration and abstraction. The journey opens with the legendary presence of Alex Katz (New York, 1927), a mMaster of contemporary painting who for more than seventy years has captured light and fleeting moments with flat fields of color and razor-sharp contours, creating portraits that feel both intimate and monumental. Alongside him, the wooden sculptures of Stephan Balkenhol (1957) return the human figure to an archetypal dimension: hand-carved characters, marked by the chisel and painted in monochrome hues, radiate a quiet yet enigmatic vitality. Memory itself becomes subject in the works of Gideon Rubin (1973), who erases the faces of his subjects to transform them into universal, delicate, and timeless presences. On the abstract side, Svenja Deininger (1974) builds layered compositions of color and texture that subtly shift with the light, inviting silent contemplation. Finally, the visionary canvases of Henry Curchod (1992) fuse drawing, gestural brushwork, and unexpected perspectives to create a dreamlike, narrative world. The exhibition celebrates dialogue as a driving force in contemporary painting, connecting established masters with bold new voices.