Alex Markwith, Rupture, acrylic, fabric, twine, wood, wire, metal and plastic on canvases, 2019, 30 x 37 x 5”
Metamorphosis
Guest curators Emily N. Eber and Katie Svensson
23 June - 19 August 2021
Opening Tuesday June 22
6 - 8pm
Carlos Alfonso
Christian Brechneff
Emily N. Eber
Jean Foos
Luis Frangella
Bobby G.
Barbara Kulicke
Alex Markwith
Natalya Nesterova
Rick Prol
Joey Tepedino
David Wojnarowicz
HAL BROMM GALLERY
90 West Broadway, New York, NY 10007
image: Joey Tepedino, River, 2021 (detail)
From the press release:
Metamorphosis is an exhibition exploring the psychological and emotional experience of the pandemic through color and imagery, featuring a range of artists whose figural works take on new meanings within the context of the past year and a half. The exhibition tells a story of loss, isolation, injustice, and change, while simultaneously expressing the excitement and hope for our gradual return to normalcy.
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Alex Markwith is an American artist who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA Painting, 2011), and has exhibited in many cities including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Helsinki and Paris. Working almost exclusively in abstraction, his work combines painting, drawing and sculpture, in varying proportions, with each piece being a hybrid of the three. Juxtaposing different textures, positive and negative space, different shades of black, neon and metallic colors his work is playful yet grounded due to his use of construction supplies throughout his work, which reference the ethos of any New York city street: lively, loud, and forever under construction.
Alex Markwith, DANGER: Stage Right, acrylic, mesh, foil, construction tape, nails and canvas, 2021, 10 x 8 x 2”