Mel Katz: On and Off the Wall

by Barry Johnson

Mel Katz is a highly regarded Portland sculptor and teacher whose work is firmly rooted in the principles of geometric abstraction. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1964 to teach at Portland State University, where he taught for the next thirty-two years. He helped found the Portland Center for the Visual Arts in 1971, one of the first alternative artist spaces in the country. Originally trained as a painter, Katz has produced a remarkable body...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930957726
• ISBN13: 9781930957725
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher