Alex Katz
亚历克斯·卡茨 Red Lily 1 《红百合 1》, 2022

Oil on linen 油彩亚麻布

152.4 x 213.4 cm 厘米 (60 x 84 in 英寸)

Flowers are actually some of the most difficult forms to paint, because you have to capture their spatial aspect, their physicality, the surface of the flowers and the colours. You hope the whole painting will give the sensation of seeing a flower – the brilliance of that experience.

— Alex Katz, 2021

Now in the seventh decade of his practice, Alex Katz first began painting flowers in the 1960s to express the movement he felt was absent from his portraits. He created his latest body of flower works during the pandemic, saying, ‘I thought the world could use some cheering up.’ In Red Lily 1 (2022) the deep vermilion and verdant green leaves of the voluptuous lily are thrown into contrast against the solid black background, emphasising the vibrant hues of the work. A major retrospective covering eight decades of the artist’s intense creative production, Gathering, is currently on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York until 20 February 2023.

花朵是其中一种最难处理的绘画主题,因为你要捕捉住它的独特性,它的物理性,
它的外表和颜色。你希望整张绘画会给人一种赏花的感官体验——那是一种无与伦比的经验。—亚历克斯·卡茨, 2021

已经来到其创作生涯的第七个年头,亚历克斯·卡茨自六十年代起开始绘画花朵。它表达的正是他绘画人物肖像时从缺的一种动态。他一系列全新的花朵画作在全球疫情期间创作:「我猜这个世界需要一点欢乐。」在《红百合 1》(Red Lily 1 ,2022)深朱红色与祖母绿的叶子在纯黑色背景前构成了这株妖冶百合的强烈对比,突出了作品的强烈色彩风格。

涵盖艺术家八十年创作的大型回顾展《聚集》目前正在纽约所羅門·R·古根漢美術館展出,展期至2023年2月20日。