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Allison Katz AKgraph (Eruption) , 2023 Oil on linen, 74⅞ × 51 in. Collection of the artist
Shifting variations of Katz’s own moniker are threaded throughout her AKgraph paintings. Here, her name and facial features appear as a slogan (“All Is On”) over a vista of Vesuvius erupting, the volcanic ash cloud obscuring the azure sky. A second self-portrait, appropriated from an earlier work, occupies the center of the artist’s forehead, bridging an understanding of eruption as a geological process and a metaphor for creative acts. —HJ
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