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Alex Kwartler’s paintings subtly dismantle the ordinary symbols and signs that permeate our everyday lives; collapsing the transcendental and everyday onto the painted surface. A varied lexicon of codified signs and signifiers such as pennies, Powerball, Tums, tin cans, and telephone receivers dot Kwartler’s paintings.
Alex Kwartler, White Snowflake (with tuna), 2019, Oil and pumice on linen with aluminum can, 72h x 48w in. Alex Kwartler, Schleppers (snowflake, star, badge) , 2018, flashe and oil on canvas, 48h x 36w in.
Oct 14, 2014 · October 14, 2014. View Full Images. For his show at Nathalie Karg Gallery, which opened last night, artist Alex Kwartler presents two diverging series of large-scale works made over the last year. Five paintings awash in vibrant shades of fresco paint and finished with a glossy sheen are pitched against six stark white canvases, which are ...
Sep 4, 2009 · Alex Kwartler was born in New York City in 1979, where he lives and works. Recipient of a BFA from the Cooper Union in 2002, he has presented his work in the U.S. in numerous exhibitions including Wu-Tang/curry-grit at Gavin Brown Enterprise, The Painted World at P.S1, and most recently in Parallel at Bortolami (New York).
Alex Kwartler. B. 1979 - New York, US Lives and works in New York, NY EDUCATION 2015 MFA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2002 BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA, USA. Alex Kwartler uses varying speeds to build up the surfaces of his new paintings. These layers of sandwiched time create landscape-like fields of space and color.
Alex Kwartler, a painter based in Brooklyn, NY, concluded his residency in late June 2017 with an open studio at the Locker Plant. His solo exhibitions include Pain Quotidien, Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2016) and A Superficial Lyric, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY (2014). He has participated in group exhibitions at White Columns ...
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