Autor: Richard Marshall
Cantidad de libros por set: 1
Colección del libro: american art
Tapa del libro: Dura
Material de la tapa del libro: Vinil
Edición del libro: 1st
Editorial del libro: Rizzoli International
Serie: american art
Tamaño del libro: Grande
Subtítulo del libro: dates of the exhibition march 13 june 15, 1986
Título del libro: Alex Katz
Versión del libro: 1st
Volumen del libro: 1
Coautores: robert rosenblum
ISBN: 0847807177
Altura: 32 cm
Escrito en imprenta mayúscula: No
Idioma: Inglés
Edad mínima recomendada: 18 años
Tipo de narración: Manual
Cantidad de páginas: 160
Año de publicación: 1986
Peso: 1.55 kg
Ancho: 25 cm
Con realidad aumentada: Sí
Con páginas para colorear: No
Con índice: Sí


Hovering uneasily between realism and pop art, Katz's gigantic portraits strike detractors as slick and lifeless, while admirers praise their energy, style and optimism An exhibition now at New York's Whitney Museum may help viewers decide whether Katz's swimmers, couples, partygoers and motorists are empty pop icons or, as Rosenblum puts it, "a loving, directly perceived record of the sweet facts of people and places that provide the continuities of the artist's life" This lavish exhibition catalogue smacks of promotionalism in its academic gush over Katz's work. Marshall argues that the pictures are "full of formal, social, and psychological references, both historical and current," but the brief essays do not go far beyond the usual comparisons with the large-scale works of Manet, Leger and Picasso and the stark croppings of Degas and Caillebotte. In the end, Katz may be an artist who cleverly exploits illusionistic devices of billboard ads and movie stills to fashion gargantuan portraits that make ambiguous social commentaries