Alex Katz: Claire, Grass & Water
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Author: Katz, Alex
Fresh from his blockbuster Guggenheim exhibition, 'Gathering', American painter Alex Katz emerges in Venice. Here, in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Katz debuts three of his most recent series of paintings inspired by the Floating City, the lush Italian countryside and American fashion designer Claire McCardell. The three series are accompanied by a conversation with the artist in which he shares the reasons behind his newest inspirations.In these new series, grayscale paintings of the ocean are reminiscent of the deep sea, while his green and orange fields are rendered in his trademark simple, sparse strokes. Suddenly, these colours find new meaning in the pared down silhouettes of fashion models in McCardell’s feminine, patterned designs. This book was published in conjunction with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
ISBN 9782910055943. Thaddaeus Ropac. hb. 112 pages. 35 colour ills. 28.6 x 24.8 cm.
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Fresh from his blockbuster Guggenheim exhibition, 'Gathering', American painter Alex Katz emerges in Venice. Here, in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Katz debuts three of his most recent series of paintings inspired by the Floating City, the lush Italian countryside and American fashion designer Claire McCardell. The three series are accompanied by a conversation with the artist in which he shares the reasons behind his newest inspirations.In these new series, grayscale paintings of the ocean are reminiscent of the deep sea, while his green and orange fields are rendered in his trademark simple, sparse strokes. Suddenly, these colours find new meaning in the pared down silhouettes of fashion models in McCardell’s feminine, patterned designs. This book was published in conjunction with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
ISBN 9782910055943. Thaddaeus Ropac. hb. 112 pages. 35 colour ills. 28.6 x 24.8 cm.
available