Elizabeth Peyton La Bayadère, 2017 Material Lino Print Edition Size 30 Measurement 30 x 42 cm Edition 30 Hand-signed, dated, titled and numbered on the front Details about the frame Handcrafted, black stained and waxed maple wooden frame with 10mm spacer bar, dimensions 47.2 x 59.2 cm, including museum glass and rear suspension. The new and affordable way to buy contemporary art Strictly limited and signed art editions Limited stock From emerging talents to today’s most sought-after artists Easy and free sign-up to shop our weekly deals SIGN UP NOW Already have an account? Über die Edition “La Bayadere” – Elizabeth Peyton named her linocut after a fairytale-like work that is almost iconic in ballet history. The 19th century play is set in a fictional India. The dance scene shows the main character Nikija, the holiest of the temple dancers, and the noble warrior Solor, who are not allowed to live out their illicit love. While intoxicated by opium, Solor fantasizes about a reunion in the so-called “Kingdom of Shadows”: sketched by Peyton in black and white, just as delicately and precisely. The energy, the attraction, the feeling of being meant for each other - all of this is reflected in this famous moment of longing captured by Peyton. Über die Künstlerin “I read Melody Maker like Marcel Proust.” This quote from the painter Elizabeth Peyton shows that she cares neither about conventions nor about the distinction between E and U culture. The American artist paints people. These can be young musicians like Pete Doherty and Kurt Cobain or historical figures like Napoleon and King Ludwig II. She surprised her audience with the latter's portraits at one of her first solo exhibitions at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, when she was 28 years old. Painting was considered dead back then, but that didn't count for Elizabeth Peyton. “Music can directly represent human feelings, that’s what I like about it,” says the artist, describing her passion, which ranges from punk to opera. “It’s about finding ways to immerse myself in these feelings,” she says – and that’s exactly what she achieves with her art. Elizabeth Peyton has been celebrating international success since the 1990s and is represented in important collections such as that of the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris and that of the Kunstmuseum Basel. The MoMA in New York alone owns around 30 drawings and paintings by the artist. Latest Exhibitions (Selection) David Zwirner showed new works by Elizabeth Peyton in 2024 at the historic Ryosokuin Temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Elizabeth Peyton was also in the 2024 group exhibition “Worlds in Motion. 30 Years of the Wolfsburg Art Museum”. Links of Interest (Selection) „Zeit“-Interview with the Artist (2014) Interview with Elizabeth Peyton im „Index“-Magazin Video from the opening of „Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton“ at New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York (2008) Discover More Art Naja Conrad-Hansen Black, 2013/2014 Meret Oppenheim Kleiner Komet, 1970/2013 Anna Stahn Newspaper Print, 2022
