Interview with Alex Katz at Richard Gray Gallery

‘Light is what holds my paintings together’, the artist Alex Katz says, ‘when I finally get the light right, it gets into the unconscious’.
On the occasion of his exhibition 'Grass and Trees' at Richard Gray Gallery, Alex Katz discusses the inspiration behind his recent nature-based landscape paintings.
'Grass and Trees’ debuts a body of large-scale landscapes all centered around the subject matter of three distinct motifs - grasses, roads and trees. The works, heavily gestural in style, draw upon the scenic views surrounding his studio in Maine. While the ‘Road’ and ‘Trees’ paintings reference his well-known graphic style, Katz offers a more immersive sense of space in his almost-panoramic ‘Grass’ compositions.
'Alex Katz: Grass and Trees’ is on view at Richard Gray Gallery's Gray Warehouse in Chicago from April 12 - June 2, 2018. For more information visit Richard Gray Gallery's website.
Video © Richard Gray Gallery. A Zapote Productions film. All images courtesy the artist and Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.