Ada and Alex
Table of Contents for\xa0Ada and Alex\xa0by Alex Katz includes:
- Reduced to spare parts
- Cutthroat culture by Alex Katz
- Abstract Expressionism versus\xa0Ada and Alex\xa0\u2013 a competition
Simplicity takes balls. For instance, the level of confidence required to create\xa0Ada and Alex.\xa0This double self portrait shows painting minimalism at its post 70s peak. It was 1980. Women wore shoulder padded power suits and scrunchies. Still, artists like Alex Katz prove that restraint flourished too. In fact, his career took off thanks to paintings such as this one. Like many minimalists, Katz threw a lot away. He destroyed at least a thousand paintings in search of his unique style.
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