It is intriguing to see the methodology of a contemporary artist returning to a tradition of the Renaissance. His technique, originally used by Renaissance masters for tapestries and large wall paintings, is fully illustrated. Katz first draws his original idea on heavy brown paper; then, using a spiked wheel, perforates the paper along the lines. He then lays the "cartoon" over the canvas. Burnt sienna pigment is dusted through the holes in the cartoon, and leaves traces of the original drawing on the canvas. With these guidelines, he proceeds to paint. This exhibit is a tour de force of techniques, both old and new, in the hands of an American master. Katz's art extends portraiture into our own time with fresh ideas about identity. University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum.
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Katz Anticipated Pop Art
Alex Katz's flat, schematic figurative paintings and cutouts of the late '50s and '60s favored improvisatory, expressionist brushwork in which his portraits of friends and relatives stood before backgrounds of bold, flat color. The outlines and features of these simplified figures combine a deliberate naivete of manner with a mechanized technique that anticipated the elementary visualizations of Pop Art.
It is intriguing to see the methodology of a contemporary artist returning to a tradition of the Renaissance. His technique, originally used by Renaissance masters for tapestries and large wall paintings, is fully illustrated. Katz first draws his original idea on heavy brown paper; then, using a spiked wheel, perforates the paper along the lines. He then lays the "cartoon" over the canvas. Burnt sienna pigment is dusted through the holes in the cartoon, and leaves traces of the original drawing on the canvas. With these guidelines, he proceeds to paint. This exhibit is a tour de force of techniques, both old and new, in the hands of an American master. Katz's art extends portraiture into our own time with fresh ideas about identity. University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum.
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Irish Art
It is intriguing to see the methodology of a contemporary artist returning to a tradition of the Renaissance. His technique, originally used by Renaissance masters for tapestries and large wall paintings, is fully illustrated. Katz first draws his original idea on heavy brown paper; then, using a spiked wheel, perforates the paper along the lines. He then lays the "cartoon" over the canvas. Burnt sienna pigment is dusted through the holes in the cartoon, and leaves traces of the original drawing on the canvas. With these guidelines, he proceeds to paint. This exhibit is a tour de force of techniques, both old and new, in the hands of an American master. Katz's art extends portraiture into our own time with fresh ideas about identity. University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
