DVD. What About Style? Alex Katz: A Painter's Painter

By Heinz Peter Schwerfel

For over 50 years, painter Alex Katz has bucked the trends and fashions of modern art to present his own style of figure painting. His flat, elegant, and realistic style makes him a pioneer in figure painting but an unsung hero to the general public. WHAT ABOUT STYLE? ALEX KATZ: A PAINTER S PAINTER offers an unflinching portrait of a maverick artist. Award-winning filmmaker and art critic Heinz Peter Schwerfel captures the elusive Katz working in his Maine studio and in his Soho flat. Footage includes Katz laboring over a 32-foot canvas called The Black Brook his largest painting ever. The film mixes interviews, archival footage, and shots of Katz s subjects to bring out his unique style and approach to art. WHAT ABOUT STYLE? concludes with a virtual exhibition of 20 paintings by Katz painted over a 40-year period. 56 min. Facets, 2008.

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