John Kacere (1920- 1999)

John Kacere’s paintings of the female midsection clad in lingerie, blown up larger than life, are among the best known and more memorable icons of American photorealism. The artist’s expertise in depicting flesh and delicate fabrics helped him to create these beautiful works, which, while figurative, could also be seen as still lifes and perhaps even as landscapes.

-From "Photorealism at the Millennium", by Louis K. Meisel and Linda Chase

EDUCATION:

1950- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; M.F.A.

1949- University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; B.F.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005- Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY

1989, ’87, ’82, ‘80- O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1989- Galerie Lavignes Bastille, Paris, France

1983 & 1981- Galerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes, Paris, France

1978- Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

1978, ’75, ’73, 71- O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

1973 & 1972- Galerie de Gestlo, Hamburg, West Germany

1963 & 1961- Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1956- 1954- Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1980

2005- "Vintage Masterpieces of Photorealism", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

2004 -05- “American Photorealism”, Travelling exhibition

(In Japan: Iwate Museum of Art; Iwaki City Art Museum; Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art; Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido. In USA: JaneVorheesZimmerliArt Museum, Rutgers; The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick)

2003- “Iperrealisti”, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy

2002- "Photorealism: The Liff Collection", NaplesMuseum of Art and PhilharmonicCenter for the Arts, Naples, Italy.

2001- "This is America: American Photorealists", Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark

2001- "Figure it Out", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

2000- "The Photorealists", Center For the Arts, Vero Beach, FL

1998- "25th Anniversary Exhibition: Major Works by the Photorealists," Gallery B, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1998- “Lingerie – An Underworld”, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland

1998- ’97- “Photorealism”, Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL,

1991- "Photorealism: The Early Years," Isidore Ducasse Fine Arts, New York, NY

1991- "In Sharp Focus: Super-Realism," NassauCountyMuseum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY

1990- Paintings included in photography in and as a part of the film "THE HARD WAY", Universal Studios, Universal City, CA

1990- "Amerikansk Fotorealism," Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden

1988- "Variations On A Theme (Erotica III)," Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, OH

1988- "Travaux sur papier," Lavignes-Bastille, Paris, France

1988- "Tortue is O.K.," Tortue Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1987- "The Hot Centre: Contemporary Art Selected by Ivan Karp”, NortonCenter for the Arts, CentreCollege, Danville, KY

1987- "New Images," Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1987- "Fifty-First National Midyear Exhibition," ButlerInstitute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1986-88- "Born in Iowa: The Homcoming Exhibition," Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA (Travelling to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City; Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge; Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine)

1986- "Erotic Two," Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, OH

1985- "Artists of O.K. Harris," Helander Rubenstein Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1985- "American Realism: The Precise Image," IsetanMuseum, Tokyo; DaimaruMuseum, Osaka, Japan

1984- "O.K. Harris Artists," Royal Palm Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1984- Galerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes, Paris, France

1983- "Realism Now," Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

1983- "American Super Realism from the Morton G. Neumann Family Collection”, TerraMuseum of American Art, Evanston, IL

1981- "45th National Annual Midyear Show," ButlerInstitute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1981-83- "Contemporary American Realism Since 1960," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (travelling to: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal; National Museum, Nuremberg, West Germany)

1982- "Contemporary Realism," BrainerdArtGallery, Potsdam, NY

SELECTED BOOKS

2002- ‘Photorealism at the Millennium’ by: Meisel, Louis K. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, pp. 155-160).

1993- ‘Photorealism since 1980’ by: Meisel, Louis K. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, pp. 249-266).

1989- ‘John Kacere’ by: Brach, Paul (Turin, Italy: Lincoln Publishing-Sonodip/Galerie Lavignes-Bastille)

1980- ‘20th Century Masters of Erotic Art’ by: Smith, Bradley (New York: Crown Publishers Inc., pp. 148-149)

1980- ‘Photorealism’ by Meisel, Louis K. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, pp. 458-465)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

StedeljikMuseum, Amsterdam, Holland

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

PortlandArt Museum, Portland, OR

Erie Art Museum, PA

J.B.SpeedMuseum, Louisville, KY

Technimetrics Inc., New York, NY

Saul Steinberg, New York, NY

Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, VA

Daniel Filipacchi, Paris, France

Bernard Orenstein, Beverly Hills, CA

Sydney Besthoff, New Orleans, LA

Pierre Lescure, Paris, France

E. Jean Belloni, GenevaSwitzerland

STATEMENT

"Woman is the source of all life, the source of regeneration. My work praises that aspect of womanhood."

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