Alex Katz: Beauty Contributor(s): Katz, Alex, Earnest, Jarrett (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Ratcliff, Carter (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 1949172546 ISBN-13: 9781949172546 Publisher: Karma, New York OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2021 |
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BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs - Art | Subjects & Themes - Portraits |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 9.5" W x 10.3" (1.70 lbs) 100 pages |
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Publisher Description: Elegant monochrome glamour in Katz's new print series This handsome clothbound catalog gathers Alex Katz's recent titular print portfolio. The series of 25 prints features close-up, black-and-white portraits that remove the subjects from any contextual backdrop, emphasizing instead subtle shifts in expression. Rendered in bold lineation and tightly framed, the women depicted recall the models and celebrities featured in mid-20th-century fashion imagery, underscoring Katz's ongoing fascination with perceptions of beauty and glamour that permeate the public sphere. The portraits are bookended by a pair of meditations on beauty: Carter Ratcliff imagines a comedically philosophical dialogue between himself and beauty, and Jarrett Earnest shares 31 encounters with beauty in art and life. |