Tag: Kitaj| R.B.
A Big Umbrella: “All Too Human” at Tate Britain
Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, on view through August 27
R.B. Kitaj: Renewal and Resistance
An interview from 2003 greets the exhibition, R.B.Kitaj: The Exile at Home at Marlborough Chelsea
“A Bright Globe of Everything”: Extracts from “Becoming A Londoner”
Author reads from first volume of diaries at New York Public Library this Tuesday
Socialist-Expressionist: Peter de Francia (1921-2012)
Memories of a generous curmudgeon by a friend and former student
R.B. Kitaj
R.B. Kitaj’s work broke a modernist taboo – before it became fashionable to do so – by being unabashedly literary. Hilton Kramer once complained that his paintings were “littered with ideas.” But as referential as he could be, Kitaj was always a consummately visual artist.
R.B. Kitaj
Renewal and Resistance “Where are all the beautiful women?” a lady asks R.B. Kitaj during the packed opening of his recent show at L.A. Louver, a leading gallery in Venice, California. “What?”, he replies, incredulously. Mr. Kitaj has battled deafness for many years, but even so would have had difficulty comprehending this question. The lady … Continued