John Kacere

JOHN KACERE (Walker, United States, 1920-1999).
Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite".
Lithograph on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 118/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, passing through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by critics.
A painter and engraver trained at the Chicago School of Art and the University of Iowa, John Kacere was initially interested in the works of great masters such as Van Gogh, Degas and Toulouse-Lautres, beginning his training as an expressionist painter. However, the turning point in Kacere's artistic career came in the sixties, when his work took a radical turn to enter photorealism. John Kacere is internationally recognized for his depictions of female torsos in underwear. He considers women as a source of life and praises femininity in each of his works, thus becoming an icon of the photorealist movement.