Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making
February 7–April 4, 2010
Featuring a selection of fifty figurative works and landscapes in a
wide range of materials and media including pencil, ink, oil stick, and
charcoal, drawings, prints, and paintings, Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making
demonstrates how the artist explores and elaborates the same image
through diverse media. The exhibition reveals how Katz's repetitive
method of working results in the distillation of form for which he is
famous. Whether portraying a dancer at full stride or a secluded
landscape seen at sunset, Katz's iconic stylization is the result of
careful preparation, beginning with intuitive sketches, continuing with
pencil drawings and large-format charcoal cartoons, and concluding with
completed canvases. The majority of the works are from the artist's
personal collection and have never before been exhibited or reproduced.
The exhibition offers a fascinating glimpse into the artist’s creative
process.
Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making is organized by David Moos, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, for the Gallery at the Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue to be distributed by DAP/Distributed Arts Publishers.
The presentation of Alex Katz: Seeing, Drawing, Making is made possible, in part, with generous support from Stacy and Douglas Polley, and Marcia and Jonathan Sobel.
The Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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Alex Katz (American, born 1927)
Paul Taylor Dance Co. Last Look 26, 1985
Ink on paper
11½ x 8½
© Alex Katz /Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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 On homepage:
Alex Katz (American, born 1927)
Eleuthera, 1999
Silkscreen
Edition of 75
26¾ x 48 inches
© Alex Katz /Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY |
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Alex Katz (American, born 1927)
Last Look, 1986
Oil on board, five panels
24 x 10 1/4 inches
© Alex Katz /Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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