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Article: R.B. Kitaj at L.A. Louver.(Venice, Cal.)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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R.B. Kitaj's "Los Angeles Pictures," made since the artist returned to L.A. from London in 1997, are full of brooding, philosophical kneading, syrupy longing, informed commentary and amusing jokes. They're akin, that is, to the work he's been making for decades--rich, troubling, highly personal. In the new paintings, Kitaj enacts encounters with his late wife, Sandra Fisher, whom he met in L.A. in 1970. Fisher died suddenly in 1994, and since Kitaj moved back to southern California, he attests to reconnecting with her, his "angel."
Los Angeles No. 18 (2002) is among his most naked acts of yearning. Kitaj paints himself in bed, an image of Sandra standing beside ...
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Article: R.B. Kitaj; Art Had Historical, Literary Themes
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October 24, 2007 ;
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...R.B. Kitaj, 74, an artist whose vivid figurative ... died Oct. 21 at his home in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office said ... determine the cause of death. Mr. Kitaj often made wild use of collage ...
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