Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum
14 June to 11 September 2022
For the first time in Spain, the museum is presenting a retrospective on the American painter Alex Katz (born New York, 1927), one of the key figures in the history of 20th century American art and a forerunner of Pop Art who continues active today. The exhibition is curated by Guillermo Solana, the museum’s artistic director, and it benefits from the support of the artist and his studio, who are in close contact with this project. The display includes around 30 large-format oils accompanied by various studies, offering a survey of all of the artist’s habitual themes: his individual, double and group portraits together with his distinctive flowers and sweeping landscapes painted with bright colours and flat backgrounds.
Images
Alex Katz
The Red Smile, 1963
Oil on canvas. 200 x 292 cm. Whitney Museum of American Art. Purchase with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee, New York. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
The Cocktail Party, 1965
Oil on canvas. 183 x 244 cm. Private Collection, Chicago. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
The Black Jacket, 1972
Oil on canvas. 198 x 366 cm. Private Collection, Switzerland. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Blue Umbrella 2, 1972
Oil on canvas. 244 x 366 cm. Private Collection, New York. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society
Alex Katz
Woods, 1991
Oil on canvas. 230 x 427 cm. Private collection, Switzerland. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Gold and Black II, 1993
Oil on canvas. 203 x 422 cm. Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery, New York. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Apple Blossoms, 1994
Oil on canvas. 244 × 305 cm. Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Sunset #6, 2008
Oil on linen. 274,3 x 487,7cm. Altec Collection. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Big Red Smile, 1993
Oil on canvas. 244,5 x 305,5 cm. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Summer Tale, 2006
Oil on linen. 274 x 366 cm. Private Collection. Courtesy Galería Javier López&Fer Francés, Madrid. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Double Sarah B, 2011
Oil on linen. 213 x 305 cm. Private Collection. Courtesy Galería Javier López&Fer Frances, Madrid. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Alex Katz
Vivien, 2016
Oil on linen. 152.5 x 381 cm. Private Collection. Courtesy Galería Javier López&Fer Frances, Madrid. © 2021 Alex Katz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York