Despite the current crisis, the artist Alex Katz has released a new Cutout sculpture edition, which can be pre-ordered now at GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL. The delivery is scheduled for the end of April.

Alex Katz, 2020 | Dancer II Cut Out

Cutout in powder-coated aluminium 2020
74 x 53 cm x 8 cm.
Signed and numbered (engraving) in the base.
Edition of 60 only.

Alex Katz is an American painter, sculptor and graphic artist who became famous for his figurative paintings. His works are immediately recognizable by their colorful, two-dimensional style, which was created as a reaction to the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s. Although Alex Katz is widely recognized for his role as a precursor of the Pop Art movement, he has avoided being associated with any style or movement throughout his career.

GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL has had the artist Alex Katz in its program from the very beginning and has also pointed out for years that he was long completely underestimated in Europe. Now that he is over 90 years old, his work is increasingly becoming the focus of collectors.

Many of his works get highly demanded by collectors such as Ulla in Black Hat, Ada, Big Red Smile, Purple Hat or Blue Umbrella.

Alex Katz will be 93 years old on 24 July 2020.

A new world record for a painting by the American artist Alex Katz was set at the Phillips auction house in London on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The painting Blue Umbrella I from 1972 fetched £3,375,000 or the equivalent of 4.1 million US dollars.

This far exceeded the upper estimate of 1.2 million and tripled the previous record price at an auction by Alex Katz, which is still far from the prices of his American colleagues such as Tom Wesselmann or Andy Warhol.

Many Alex Katz exhibitions have been dedicated to his talent in recent years. Among others at the Serpentine Gallery in London, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or the Metropolitan Museum in New York. 2019 in Munich/Germany at Museum Brandhorst; Daegu/Korea Daegu Kunstmuseum, Paris/France Musée de L'Orangerie. Also GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL did many shows during the past years with Alex Katz.

In 2020 there will be a new Alex Katz exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid/Spain.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York will show an Alex Katz retrospective in 2022.

GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL, with locations in Nuremberg and Kitzbuehel, focuses on high-quality originals of Pop Art, Street Art and Contemporary Art. You will find works of art by Alex Katz, Mel Ramos, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol or Julian Opie in the collection. But also editions and prints by Harland Miller, Katherine Bernhardt, David Shrigley, Sean Scully, Gerhard Richter, Ross Bleckner, Allen Jones, Thomas Ruff, David Gerstein, Peter Doig, Jeff Koons, Tracey Emin, Raqib Shaw and Robert Longo. Also other street art artists like Mr. Brainwash, BAMBI, Russell Young, Fringe and John Crash Matos. Of course also design objects by Maurizio Cattelan, Paul Smith, Richard Orlinski or Philippe Starck.

Exhibitions take place in regular rotation in the centrally located shops in Nuremberg and Kitzbühel. International trade fair participations round off the programme.

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