Alex Katz

AlexKatz(b.1927),akeyNewYork-basedartistsincetheearly1960s,isatoweringfigureincontemporarypaintingHeisbestknownforhislarger-than-lifeportraitsofsophisticatedwomen,paintedwithconsummatetechnique,aswellasportraitsofmen,groupportraits,landscapesandinteriorsThisisthemostup-to-datesurveyavailableofhisextensiveoeuvreHisworkisinmanymajormuseumcollections,includingtheMuseumofModernArt,NewYork;TateModern,London;theCentreGeorgesPompidou,Paris;andtheNationalgalerie,BerlinThisexpanded256-pageeditiondevotesamplespacetohislushpaintingswhilecoveringthefullspanofhisprolific50-yearcareer.CarterRatcliffisapoetandanartcritic.HisbooksincludeGiveMeTomorrow(1983),acollectionofpoemswithillustrationsbyAlexKatz;JohnSingerSargent(1983);TheFateofaGesture:JacksonPollockandPostwarAmericanArt(1998);andOutoftheBox:TheReinventionofArt1965-1975(2000).HewasawardedtheFrankJewettMatherAwardforArtCriticism,CollegeArtAssociation,in1987,andisaleadingworldexpertonAlexKatz. RobertStorrisRosalieSolowProfessorofModernArtattheInstituteofFineArts,NewYorkUniversity.FormerlySeniorCuratoratTheMuseumofModernArt,NewYork,in2004hecuratedthe5thSITESanteFeBiennialinNewMexico.HewasacontributingauthortoPhaidon'sLouiseBourgeois(2003),RaymondPettibon(2001)andRobertMangold(2000)andhaswrittenregularlyformagazinessuchasArtforum,ArtinAmerica,FriezeandParkett.IwonaBlazwickisDirectoroftheWhitechapelGallery,London.AsHeadofExhibitionsandDisplayatTateModern,London(1997-2001),asDirectorofExhibitionsattheInstituteofContemporaryArts,London(1986-92),andasanindependentcurator,shehasrealizedmanyinternationalexhibitionsofmodernandcontemporaryartandhaspublishedtextsonnumerouslivingartists.From1993-97shewasCommissioningEditorforContemporaryArtatPhaidonPress.