Alex Katz - 'I'm After the Immediate Present'

Alex Katz - 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots

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Alex Katz shows us around his New York studio, and talks about his new exhibition at Tate St Ives.
New York has had a profound effect on the shaping of Alex Katz's artistic career. Describing it as an ' impossible, uncivilised place', Katz tells TateShots how the city changed completely after the emergence of Jackson Pollock, and how this in turn led Katz to pursue what he calls 'the immediate present' in his work.
The artist's exhibition at Tate St Ives brought together over 30 canvases, plus collages and cut-outs, spanning the full breadth of his career from the 1950s to now. Given the Gallery's location on the beach, the exhibition placed a special emphasis on Katz's seascapes, as well as images of family holidays and friends, painted in his own seaside retreat of Lincolnville, Maine, where he continues to spend his summers.

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@jlarrify 8 жыл бұрын

I really like how he talks about painting in no nonsense terms, but really sharp insights.

@michaelmcclure3383 6 жыл бұрын

Some of the best wallpaper I've seen...

@gavansmith59 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@duncanhewitt977 10 жыл бұрын

really very beautiful wonderful paintings, cant believe at nearly 90 he is still such a fantastic artist.

@ryanh206 11 жыл бұрын

His flower paintings are BADASS.....his stuff is amazing

@milld9345 4 жыл бұрын

His work certainly got better as he aged. Beautiful!

@greatquotesdaily4253 6 жыл бұрын

Alex has a great smile!

@jamesbogart 2 жыл бұрын

run of the mill illustrator .

@bozoclown36 12 жыл бұрын

Your videos keep getting better

@reelfamilyfun4951 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! I like the surface quality of the paint in his work.

@yoohoo4blood 9 жыл бұрын

this studio s amazing !!!!

@hidwar 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@SlavaKomisaroff 12 жыл бұрын

nice&best ART !!!!!!!!!!!

@christianegonbarnthaler1426 5 жыл бұрын

super art

@jordangroff8978 8 жыл бұрын

:39 great picture, tons of great artists in that photograph

@SpudGun146 7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same

@liammcooper 6 жыл бұрын

I think the photograph at :40 really shows Keith Haring's vitality and love of life, as well as Basquiat's irreverent sense of humor.

@AnthonyParsons-yg7xp 4 жыл бұрын

Wow... you're really up on things 😂

@dougcampbell7648 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot in a very short time here….really!

@carole.vaudable.design Жыл бұрын

The captions didn’t get the painter he’s referring to at 3:47 - it’s Watteau (before he mentions Rembrandt)

@EndOfEntertainment 6 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff :)

@TJAcoustic 5 жыл бұрын

"Abstract is the grammar of my painting" Like that

@lalewilan 2 жыл бұрын

That man is full of him self, really good artists don't have to be.

@karimschlotthauer5470 10 жыл бұрын

nicht schlecht

@brm1279 4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I have seen a photo of this artist. Before today I have gone through life thinking that Alex Katz was a woman. My ignorance gave me such a different perspective than I have now.

@AnthonyParsons-yg7xp 4 жыл бұрын

He may be, who knows? 😂

@pauljung3601 4 жыл бұрын

그는 달빛이, 햇빛이 얼마나 세상을 아름답게 비치우는지 잘 알고있다

@jakehill2861 3 жыл бұрын

🦒🌻

@EthanRuckerArtist 9 жыл бұрын

I NEED the background music from this. Someone tell me.

@Tate 9 жыл бұрын

Ethan Rucker Hi Ethan. The music for this film was made by Dom Mino - here's a link to his Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/dom-mino

@EthanRuckerArtist 8 жыл бұрын

+Tate Hey, hey. I know I'm a little late on this. But Dom said this wasn't his track. (Though all of his music is fantastic as well.) Any other ideas, friends?

@egeg5428 5 жыл бұрын

very sad jackson pollock is there that time

@ramonica1973 12 жыл бұрын

I lol Alex Katz

@karimschlotthauer5470 10 жыл бұрын

@randygeyer4730 4 жыл бұрын

So much money

@Foxglove963 4 жыл бұрын

The immediate presence is nonsense.

@rodolfolarrea8493 2 жыл бұрын

Katz is a normal human being touched by art … it is important i believe, listening artists talking about their craftsmanship and their relationship with their work … its take in composition, color and other relevant artists is meaningful … Tate sometimes show us real artists like Katz … most of the time show us guilt art or pure political propaganda … snobby intellectuals hided behind Tate’s management try to push their political ideas using art label like a disguise … don’t do that … Tate’s legacy its more important that your arrogance and ego … art is forever … politics is just the present

@alvarodelariva6739 8 жыл бұрын

he is only a graphic artist and a mediocre one at that

@whiteheart2445 6 жыл бұрын

its sad that you can't see the stillness in his imagery, I agree its hard to see but theres something more in it than pure representation

@eartianwerewolf 6 жыл бұрын

I have to admit not really understanding the bigger appeal of his images either, but I don't think you can reduce him just to that.

@StephenS-2024 6 жыл бұрын

I always thought that too. But there's something haunting and recognizable in his work. Something of Matisse in his simplicity.

@jaredcarter7725 3 жыл бұрын

Crazy how kindergarteners don’t get more love for there art cause it’s no different..... it’s all about the people you know in the art world with money 💰