New York/Nuremberg 20.02.2020.

The artist Alex Katz has released two new editions, which will be available at GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL from March 2020.

Beauty Print Portfolio and

Yellow Flags 3
2020
Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm
33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm)

full-bleed print
Edition of 150.
Signed on recto.

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 coming into focus.

Four major exhibitions have been dedicated to his talent in recent years. Among others, the FAZ / supplement Madame, the British "Telegraph" and the "Interview" Magazine in Paris included interviews with him.

Like Picasso, Katz develops more and more creativity as he grows older and seems unstoppable in the creation of new works.

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. His works of art hang together with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Basquiat or KAWS in museums worldwide.

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 a Alex Katz retrospective in 2022.

Galerie Frank Flügel, with locations in Nuremberg and Kitzbühel, 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, 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.