The presentation sees four monumental paintings, one for each season, varying in size from ten to twenty feet in length, belonging to a large series of new works created in Katz a's study New York between 2022 and 2024 that they capture landscapes of New York and Lincolnville, Maine, where Katz spends his summers. Alex Katz: Seasons is organized by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, with Elizabeth Wickham, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, and Lydia Mullin, Manager, Collection Galleries, Department of Curatorial Affairs . These new paintings by Alex Katz, part of a series of over 100 tree compositions created over the last two years, show an artist at the top of his career, doing what he has been doing for decades and somehow still making it completely new and amazing.
Alex Katz: Seasons will mark the museum debut of Katz's latest landscape series
To create these works, Katz often begins with photographs, taken with his iPhone, and smaller painted sketches, which he subsequently transforms into large-scale compositions. Katz paints quickly, often completing an entire painting in a single morning. Katz removes the traditional indication of a horizon, a decision that, when paired with the large scale of the paintings, envelops the viewer in an environment without a clear beginning or end.
