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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Alex Katz Prints\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.
 org/event/detail/441596360/Alex_Katz_Prints\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-04-28
 \nEvent Date End: 2012-07-29\n\nSummer comes early to the MFA\nEnter the w
 orld of glowing light and vibrant color of &ldquo\;Alex Katz Prints.&rdquo
 \; Bold portraits\, idyllic landscapes\, scenes of sophisticated leisure&m
 dash\;they're all here in the works of the renowned contemporary artist. W
 ith arresting simplicity of line\, color\, and form\, Katz distills his su
 bjects down to their essence\, with a powerful graphic punch.\nAlex Katz (
 b. 1927)\, known for his bold\, hard-edged figurative paintings and prints
 \, is one of the most celebrated artists of his generation.  The MFA's exh
 ibition 'Alex Katz Prints\,' based on an exhibition organized by the Alber
 tina Graphic Collection\, Vienna\, surveys his career from the sixties to 
 the present with 125 works: prints\, unique and editioned cutouts on alumi
 num\, and illustrated books. Katz depicts family members\, art-world frien
 ds\, and Maine landscapes with a cool detachment and a seductive elegance\
 , while walking a tightrope between traditional figuration and pure abstra
 ction. His portraits are among the most recognizable images in contemporar
 y art. The artist's model and muse for half a century has been his wife\, 
 Ada. Images of her in various guises will be on view along with portraits 
 of prominent figures from New York's art\, dance\, and poetry worlds. A fo
 cal point of the exhibition will be the unique series of painted life-size
  cutout heads on aluminum\, Rush\, a 2011 gift from the artist to the MFA.
  This will be an inaugural showing at the Museum of this exciting piece\, 
 which will be installed frieze-like in its own space. Comprising 37 silhou
 etted painted portrait heads\, the series depicts members of the New York 
 cultural scene of the 1960s and '70s. The exhibition celebrates the promis
 ed gift from the artist to the MFA of an archive of his editioned prints.
 \n\nStart time: Mon&ndash\;Tue: 10 am&ndash\;4:45 pm\;\nWed&ndash\;Fri: 10
  am&ndash\;9:45 pm\;\nSat&ndash\;Sun: 10 am&ndash\;4:45 pm
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SUMMARY:Alex Katz Prints
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