Rongliang Lei
B House Hr B414
77 Salem ST
Malden Ma 02148
Feb.4.2009

Mr. Gallagher.
I plan to write my Research paper on Alex Katz. I chose Alex Katz because his work was easier to understand than most of the other artist that I searched. His style was different from the other artist. The other artist made their work were abstract that were hard to understand. Nobody could know what the real meaning is. The Alex Katz’s art are simple. People could know what they are even though they don’t have the paint talent.
Some pieces of his works that I have found interesting are VIVIEN WITH BASEBALL HAT; which I believe it show the very real life as what the people use to do. He worked to create art more “freely” in the sense that he tried to paint “faster than he can think.” His works seem simple, but according to Katz they are more reductive, which is fitting to his personality.
An idea that I had for my thesis was how he used figural art to represent his point. He used the simple that are still having a lot of meaning.

My sources include
http://www.alexkatz.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Katz
http://www.artnet.com/artist/9282/alex-katz.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/katz_alex.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/alex_katz/index.html
http://www.askart.com/askart/k/alex_katz/alex_katz.aspx
http://www.percontra.net/4katz.htm
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/site/pages/onlinex.php?id=136
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2006/07/artseen/katz
http://www.cmoa.org/international/html/art/katz.htm
Sincerely yours,

Rongliang Lei
Student