Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rooks, Michael
2. Graham, Margaret
3. Godfrey, John, 1945-
4. Katz, Vincent, 1960-
5. Salle, David, 1952-

Description

1. 173 pages : color illustrations; 26 x 31 cm

Summary

1. Over the course of a seven-decade career, American artist Alex Katz (b. 1927) has conveyed his singular vision of the world through paintings that fuse realism and abstraction, allowing details to dissolve into bold swaths of color. Though perhaps best known for his portraits, Katz has consistently painted the natural world throughout his career, particularly over the past decade. This beautiful publication takes a fresh look at his landscape paintings through the themes of nature, perception, the passage of time, and contemporary notions of the sublime. These works reveal the American painter's virtuosic control of materials and the absolute clarity and power of his vision, made evident by stripping away unnecessary information to capture the essence of his subjects. Featuring works of art from the 1950s to today, this book is the most extensive look at Katz's treatment of landscape in nearly 20 years. The book includes essays by curator Michael Rooks and art critic Margaret Graham, and poems by John Godfrey and Vincent Katz, who is an art critic as well as the artist's son, providing a timely and important new assessment of the work of this renowned artist. Exhibition: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (21.6.-6.9.2015) / Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (16.10.2015-31.1.2016).

Alternative title

1. This is now

Subject

1. Landscape painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
2. Landscape painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
3. Katz, Alex, 1927- > Exhibitions

Contents

1. Director's foreword / Michael E. Shapiro -- Curator's acknowledgements / Michael Rooks -- It all goes down in your mind / Michael Rooks -- Alex Katz: in detail / Margaret Graham -- Alex Katz, this is now / John Godfrey -- Alma Lírica / Vincent Katz -- Katz paints a rock / David Salle -- Plates -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Chronology -- Photography credits.

Call number

1. JQF 15-891

Note

1. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Alex Katz, This Is Now, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 21-September 6, 2015, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 16, 2015-January 31, 2016.

Author

1. Katz, Alex, 1927- artist.

Title

1. Alex Katz, this is now / Michael Rooks, Margaret Graham, John Godfrey, Vincent Katz, David Salle.

Publisher

1. Atlanta : High Museum of Art, [2015]

Distributor

1. New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Katz, Alex, 1927- Paintings. Selections.
2. Rooks, Michael, writer of added commentary.
3. Graham, Margaret, writer of added commentary.
4. Godfrey, John, 1945- writer of added commentary.
5. Katz, Vincent, 1960- writer of added commentary.
6. Salle, David, 1952- writer of added commentary.

ISBN

1. 9780300215717
2. 0300215711

Research call number

1. JQF 15-891