Alex Wood
Schweden (Sverige)
http://www.artversusindustry.com
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Acryl
Stil: Moderne
Statement:
Merging the authentic signifiers of abstraction, the reproducibility of pop, and the graphicness of design my paintings set up planes where visual and verbal language is refracted, confused, and reconstructed into a disjointed, antagonistic composition. Through a complicated process incorporating hands-off painting techniques such as stencilling my work treads the fine line between beauty and discord.
The concentration of my gestures combine as veneers of suggestive descriptions. Alluding to external environment as much as internal psychological states, my images exude an energy reflecting the urban experience.
Despite their intense vivacity my canvases are piercingly austere. Executed with a limited palette, my paintings possess an imposing elegance. Within their surfaces are coded the glamour of high abstraction and the urgency of street art. Through my translucent layers, and emotive distance, the impersonal characteristics of found imagery and my detached processes of working I gain a unique subjectivity that infuses the generic with a contemplative aura of personal negotiation.
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Born in Essex in 1966, Alex Wood spent his first five years in Canada before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in a quiet Manchester suburb. During six years of Art School, studying Graphic Design and then Photography, Alex became part of the Manchester underground music scene throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s.
After a year divided between Paris and Milan Alex returned to Manchester and began creating ‘Street Art’, choosing stencils for the immediate result they gave. This lead to a commission for Factory Records Headquarters in Manchester and his work featured in the Oasis video 'Shakermaker'.
Settling in Amsterdam in 2002, Alex began re-exploring images and texts with a series of graphic canvases. Now living and working in Sweden since 2004, Alex's work has moved away from it’s purely flat graphic origin towards a more layered abstraction.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
2009
March: Bridge Art Fair, New York [Susan Eley Fine Art, New York]
2008
December: Bridge Art Fair, Miami [Susan Eley Fine Art, New York]
September - November: POP Art 2.0, Susan Eley Fine Art, New York
April - May: Mark Barrow Fine Art, London
2007
April - May: ABSTRACT, Het Glazen Huis, Amsterdam. Invitational.
2006
June - July: WINDOWS, Swedish House of Design, Hällefors. Invitational.
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The End of all Things
Malerei
Acryl
135 x 200 x 3 cm
2008
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Winterland
Malerei
Mischtechnik
140 x 200 x 3 cm
2008
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Situation
Malerei
Acryl
140 x 200 x 3 cm
2008
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It Turns to Dust.
Malerei
Acryl
140 x 200 x 3 cm
2008
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Chicken Licken
Malerei
Acryl
140 x 180 x 3 cm
2008
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In the Meantime
Malerei
Acryl
140 x 200 x 3 cm
2008
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Situation
Malerei
Acryl
100 x 120 x 3 cm
2008
Preis: 1.400 Euro
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