Alex Katz: Coca-Cola Girls

Prevalent to the celebrated portraits and immersive landscapes of Alex Katz is a pristine, flat surface and an economy of line, first developed by the artist in the 1950s. Katz’s minimal aesthetic was, at this time, both a reaction to Abstract Expressionism and an anticipation of Pop Art. In tandem with his painting practice, Katz is a prolific printmaker, and continues to explore three-dimensional space with sculptural cutouts, a technique first established by the artist in 1959.