Anna Wintour Editor-in-Chief of Vogue takes fashion residency as part of alex Kratz first and hugely anticipated first solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The chosen works of Kratz exhibition range from a group portrait of New York intelligentsia at a cocktail party to portraits of Katz's friends and family, including a portrait of his life-long muse and his wife Ada. But it is the portrait of Wintour which is a new and hugely sucessful approach for Kratz. Capturing Anna unusually without her signature sunglasses, Krtaz became interested in Wintour during the September Issue documentry when he noticed her 'lovely eyes. Sitting for her first painting Kratz described Wintours visit to his New York Studio as, "like shooting a fish in a barrel. There was no way I could miss it." The bright yellow background and use of colour, softens the harsh associations of Wintours public character and creates a softer intriguing personality.ALEX KATZ PORTRAITS will run from 15 May - 21 September 2010, in Rooms 41 and 41a in the Contemporary Collections in the Lerner Galleries of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
by Katriona Flynn
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