Kategorie: Alex Katz

Der amerikanische Künstler Alex Katz lebt seit fast einem Jahrhundert, aber es gibt keine Anzeichen dafür, dass er langsamer wird. Seine stark stilisierten, verführerischen und emotional losgelösten Kunstwerke entstanden zunächst als Reaktion auf den vorherrschenden Abstrakten Expressionismus und wurden später durch seine Verwendung der visuellen Alltagskultur aus Werbung und Kino als Vorläufer der Pop Art angesehen. Porträts sind eines der großen Sujets seiner Werke, und er verwandelt seinen Familien- und Freundeskreis sowie Persönlichkeiten der New Yorker Gesellschaft in unvergessliche Ikonen.

The American artist Alex Katz has been alive for nearly a century but there’s no sign of him slowing down. His highly-stylised output of seductive and emotionally detached artworks were first made as a response to the prevalent Abstract Expressionism, and later, through his use of everyday visual culture taken from advertising and cinema, seen as a precursor to Pop Art. Portraits are one of the great subjects of this works and he transforms his circle of family, friends and New York society figures into unforgettable icons. This work is the portrait of Laura Halzack, prima ballerina of the Paul Taylor Dance Company based in New York City.

The American artist Alex Katz has been alive for nearly a century but there’s no sign of him slowing down. His highly-stylised output of seductive and emotionally detached artworks were first made as a response to the prevalent Abstract Expressionism, and later, through his use of everyday visual culture taken from advertising and cinema, seen as a precursor to Pop Art. Portraits are one of the great subjects of this works and he transforms his circle of family, friends and New York society figures into unforgettable icons. This work is the portrait of Laura Halzack, prima ballerina of the Paul Taylor Dance Company based in New York City.