I deleted my post above 'cause the "link" thing didn't work. Still new at this.
ANYway... This '60s bland work by Katz is annoying, especially when I see things like his late '90s stuff which is abstract, but more "there". Check out http://texgal.com/Katz/09.htm for an example of what I mean.
I saw his recent show at the Richard Gray gallery in Chicago about a month ago. Scale is a major consideration when talking about Katz. His work is simple but does that take away from it? Does everything about to be complex, i.e. chinese math?, for it to warrant consideration? He really is hit or miss though.
Good point! When is it, when does design dress down to nothing but design. Put it this way 'speaker of signs worrier of skill' like jobs there are good ones and bad ones. No no I wasn't going there. What I was going to say was that if you doubt the power of design, then what dear faith have you? Was it random if your foot's not breaking out of the mouth?
I don't know why the whole name thing is coming up. Can we edit that?
whole name as in mine being "no-where-man"? if so go to your "dashboard" click on your name under " Blog Name" then on settings.. if my theory is right my name will pop up next with out dashes.
Alex Katz: The Sixties
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Also a fan of the older work however, some of the new landscapes, nightscapes, are beauties.
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ReplyDeleteNice use of local color
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ReplyDeleteI deleted my post above 'cause the "link" thing didn't work. Still new at this.
ReplyDeleteANYway... This '60s bland work by Katz is annoying, especially when I see things like his late '90s stuff which is abstract, but more "there". Check out http://texgal.com/Katz/09.htm for an example of what I mean.
Life is so easy? I wish I occupied Alex Katz' leisurely, placid world - with unfettered fields of color and "just-add-black" shadows.
ReplyDelete1) surface - where there is no over-under-through painting - no scumbling - just side to side admixtures -
ReplyDelete2) impressionist where a solid color, say blue, is laid down and then over the top you have the ripples as dabs of paint (monet)
vs impressionist where there is no under color unifying - pointilist poke poke poke or dab dab dab.
- Cezanne works the whole surface.
Each has its own effect or affect.
Katz is an impressionist. Not impressive, just makes you get an impression.
Like Rothko. One two.
More Monet.
pop impressionist - Avoiding Boredom perhaps? scale is everything in a AK, will reserve judgement till i see the show.
ReplyDeleteI saw his recent show at the Richard Gray gallery in Chicago about a month ago. Scale is a major consideration when talking about Katz. His work is simple but does that take away from it? Does everything about to be complex, i.e. chinese math?, for it to warrant consideration? He really is hit or miss though.
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ReplyDeleteDo you mean most overrated or greatest overrated?
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ReplyDeleteGood point! When is it, when does design dress down to nothing but design.
ReplyDeletePut it this way 'speaker of signs worrier of skill' like jobs there are good ones and bad ones. No no I wasn't going there. What I was going to say was that if you doubt the power of design, then what dear faith have you? Was it random if your foot's not breaking out of the mouth?
I don't know why the whole name thing is coming up. Can we edit that?
Ok, at your request I edited out the things you didn't like.
ReplyDeleteoops i ment "Avoiding Boredom perhaps?" to link some pithy Baudelaire i can't seem to find now...
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whole name as in mine being "no-where-man"? if so go to your "dashboard" click on your name under " Blog Name" then on settings.. if my theory is right my name will pop up next with out dashes.
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ReplyDelete.How do I change the name of my blog or its description?
ReplyDeletefor your display name.. go under dashboard>edit your profile>Identity>Display Name
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