Skip to main content
Items Similar to Peggy's Katz - Original Oil, Gallery Scene Painting with Alex Katz Artwork
Pete Hawkins - Prima – original abstracted realism figurative oil painting – contemporary art
Prima – original abstracted realism figurative oil painting – contemporary art
Michael Iskowitz - "Searching for Civilization" - Contemporary figurative painting, oil on canvas
"Searching for Civilization" - Contemporary figurative painting, oil on canvas
Martin Koole - Museum Visit II- 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Painting
Museum Visit II- 21st Century Contemporary Figurative Painting
Joan Hanley - Plato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative, Interior Painting on Linen, Signed)
Plato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative, Interior Painting on Linen, Signed)
Greg Kessler - Reading Room, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas by Greg Kessler
Reading Room, Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas by Greg Kessler
George Oswalt - 'Post-Modern Pop', Vibrant Oil on Canvas Painting, by George Oswalt
'Post-Modern Pop', Vibrant Oil on Canvas Painting, by George Oswalt
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 12

Joe Nicastri
Peggy's Katz - Original Oil, Gallery Scene Painting with Alex Katz Artwork

2008

$8,500
£6,357.72
€7,432.71
CA$12,016.01
A$12,071.64
CHF 6,963.03
MX$146,905.81
NOK 80,885.32
SEK 82,049.41
DKK 55,563.86

About the Item

The painting depicts a contemporary gallery interior during a social viewing, likely an opening. The room is spare and luminous, with pale walls and a reflective floor that captures the figures’ movement and pauses. Several viewers inhabit the space, all seen from behind or partially cropped, their identities withheld. The emphasis is not on who they are, but on how they look, stand, and circulate. On the left wall, a large horizontal painting commands focused attention from a solitary viewer. At one end of this work is a flat, graphic portrait unmistakably in the manner of Alex Katz—cool, stylized, and immediately legible. The title, Peggy’s Katz, explicitly names this work, framing it as both recognizable and owned. It reads like insider shorthand, suggesting familiarity and social currency as much as aesthetic value. Opposite it, on the right wall, hangs a materially dense, relief-like abstraction composed of countless small, shard-shaped elements. Its surface is built rather than painted, accumulating into a vibrant, almost sculptural mass. The work strongly recalls the Aggregations of Chun Kwang Young, whose practice is defined by precisely this kind of labor-intensive, modular construction. Yet the painting withholds a name. Unlike the Katz, this work remains visually dominant but verbally anonymous. This imbalance is crucial. The Katz is identifiable, nameable, casually referenced. The other work—possibly by Chun Kwang Young—is experienced primarily through material presence rather than reputation. Together, they establish a quiet hierarchy: one artwork circulates as a known entity, the other as a force that resists easy labeling. The figures in the room mirror this tension. A central woman in black stands poised between the two works, while another viewer leans toward the dense abstraction. In the foreground, a cropped figure holding a drink draws the viewer into the social intimacy of the scene. Art viewing here is not solitary or reverent, but social, performative, and uneven. Taken as a whole, the painting becomes a meditation on recognition, ownership, and the social life of art. By pairing a named, iconic Katz with an unnamed, materially intense abstraction that evokes Chun Kwang Young, Nicastri explores how artworks are valued not only for what they are, but for how easily they can be spoken about—and how some works must be encountered before they can be named. Joe Nicastri Peggy's Katz oil on linen 35h x 57w x 1.25d in 88.90h x 144.78w x 3.17d cm JOC002 Joe Nicastri’s artworks explore moments of quiet observation and human presence, often set within galleries, domestic interiors, or psychologically charged spaces. Working primarily in oil, he blends realism with subtle abstraction, using warm light, cropped compositions, and reflective surfaces to heighten intimacy and tension. His figures are frequently seen from behind or partially obscured, emphasizing anonymity and the act of looking itself. Across his work, Nicastri is less concerned with narrative than with atmosphere—capturing fleeting pauses where viewers, bodies, and artworks seem to merge into a single contemplative experience.
  • Creator:
    Joe Nicastri (1945, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2008
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 57 in (144.78 cm)
  • Medium:
    Linen,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Contemporary
  • Period:
    21st Century
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JOC0021stDibs: LU554317591692

More From This Seller

View All
Mi Familia - Original Oil Painting on Panel, Contemporary, 2025

Esteban La RottaMi Familia - Original Oil Painting on Panel, Contemporary, 2025, 2025

Mi Familia - Original Oil Painting on Panel, Contemporary, 2025

By Esteban La Rotta

Located in Chicago, IL

Seen together, the painting unfolds as a quiet but charged meditation on domestic space as a site where intimacy, memory, and structural violence converge, a central concern in Esteb...

Category

2010s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Motion Capture Studio 7 - Original Oil on Linen Painting with Multiple Figures

Andrew S. ConklinMotion Capture Studio 7 - Original Oil on Linen Painting with Multiple Figures, 2017

Motion Capture Studio 7 - Original Oil on Linen Painting with Multiple Figures

By Andrew S. Conklin

Located in Chicago, IL

Motion Capture #9 explores the conventional representation of females in Western figurative art yet contrasting it with the contemporary imagery of that subject via computer-based im...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Motion Capture 8 - Contemporary Painting, Classical Composition, Oil on Canvas

Andrew S. ConklinMotion Capture 8 - Contemporary Painting, Classical Composition, Oil on Canvas, 2017

Motion Capture 8 - Contemporary Painting, Classical Composition, Oil on Canvas

By Andrew S. Conklin

Located in Chicago, IL

Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series. Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a figurative painter. Conklin's paintings are a product of his direct interaction...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Elsewhere - Large Scale Portrait of a Woman, Original Oil Painting

Nathan Brad HallElsewhere - Large Scale Portrait of a Woman, Original Oil Painting, 2025

Elsewhere - Large Scale Portrait of a Woman, Original Oil Painting

By Nathan Brad Hall

Located in Chicago, IL

Elsewhere Elsewhere suggests psychological distance rather than physical removal. The figure’s posture conveys withdrawal, introspection, and quiet resistance. Hall’s restraint is notable here—nothing is exaggerated, yet the emotional weight is unmistakable. The darkness presses close, amplifying the sense of inward retreat. Nathan Brad Hall...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

We're Here To Celebrate You, Not Your Dress, Oil on Canvas, 28x48 in

Georgia HinarisWe're Here To Celebrate You, Not Your Dress, Oil on Canvas, 28x48 in, 2025

We're Here To Celebrate You, Not Your Dress, Oil on Canvas, 28x48 in

By Georgia Hinaris

Located in Chicago, IL

A woman sits turned inward, her body rendered in feverish strokes of electric blue and raw pink—flesh that feels less human and more exposed, like something peeled back under a harsh...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kalypso Remembering Odysseus - Love Story Based on Greek Mythology, Oil on Panel

John rushKalypso Remembering Odysseus - Love Story Based on Greek Mythology, Oil on Panel, 2024

Kalypso Remembering Odysseus - Love Story Based on Greek Mythology, Oil on Panel

By John rush

Located in Chicago, IL

According to Greek mythology, Kalypso, a beautiful nymph, captured Odysseus and held him on her island for seven years. She was deeply in love with him but was forced to let him ret...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

You May Also Like

Plato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative, Interior Painting on Linen, Signed)

Joan HanleyPlato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative, Interior Painting on Linen, Signed), 2025

Plato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative, Interior Painting on Linen, Signed)

Located in Hudson, NY

Plato's Cave (Contemporary Figurative Painting of Man in a Sunny Room with his dog and a large house plant) 79.5 x 97 inches, acrylic and mica on raw linen signed lower left Joan H...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Raw Linen, Acrylic, Mica

'Post-Modern Pop', Vibrant Oil on Canvas Painting, by George Oswalt

George Oswalt'Post-Modern Pop', Vibrant Oil on Canvas Painting, by George Oswalt, 2022

'Post-Modern Pop', Vibrant Oil on Canvas Painting, by George Oswalt

By George Oswalt

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

'Nude Seated Female & Cat - Post Modern Pop', by George Oswalt is a 60 x 48 x 1.75 inch Oil on Canvas Painting depicting three figures within an architectural space. A seated nude fe...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vivien in White Coat

Alex KatzVivien in White Coat, 2021

Vivien in White Coat

By Alex Katz

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Alex Katz Vivien in White Coat 2021 Silkscreen 54 x 39 in. Edition of 60 Pencil signed and numbered

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen