STEVEN ALEXANDER J O U R N A L

26.5.19

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Reverb 24, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen, 16 x 14 inches

Steven Alexander, Tabula 7, 2019, oil on canvas, 42 x 30 inches

25.5.19

A Few Recent Standouts, NYC

Rebecca Purdum at the Resnick-Passloff Foundation

Rebecca Purdum

Rebecca Purdum (detail)

Emily Berger at Odetta

Otis Jones at Jack Hanley

Knox Martin at Hollis Taggart

Joan Mitchell at David Zwirner

David Novros at Paula Cooper

Matt Phillips at Hollis Taggart

R.H. Quaytman at the Guggenheim

Don Voisine at McKenzie

30.3.19

Color, Pattern, Texture & Shape at Spanierman Modern Miami

Here are a few images from a wonderful 3-person show in which I am honored to participate: Color, Pattern, Texture & Shape: Steven Alexander, Louise P. Sloane, Heidi Spector, at Spanierman Modern Miami through April 14, 2019. Many thanks to Gavin Spanierman for his generosity and expert curation.

L to R: Sloane, Alexander, Alexander

L to R: Alexander, Sloane, Spector

Steven Alexander, Poet XIV, 2016, oil & acrylic on canvas, 72 x 48 inches

L to R: Alexander, Sloane, Spector

Steven Alexander, Transfer 1, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 inches

4.1.19

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Veil 4, 2018, oil and acrylic on linen, 16 x 14 inches

1.1.19

2019

Wishing everyone love and peace in 2019.

Steven Alexander, Generation 5, 2018, oil & acrylic on linen, 60 x 50 inches

27.12.18

Some New York Highlights from 2018

It was a very busy year, and I certainly missed far more than I saw in New York this season. But here is a rundown of some of the standouts.

Eric Aho at DC Moore

Ilya Bolatowski at Washburn

Frank Bowling at Alexander Gray

Svenja Deininger at Marianne Boesky

Douglas Florian at Bravin Lee

Liza Lou at Lehmann Maupin

Agnes Martin and Navajo Blankets at Pace

Melissa Meyer at Lennon, Weinberg

Joan Mitchell at Cheim and Read

David Row at Loretta Howard

John Walker at 499 Park Avenue

Stephen Westfall at Lennon, Weinberg

Stanley Whitney at Lisson

Thornton Willis at Elizabeth Harris

Terry Winters at the Drawing Center

20.12.18

LAURA DUERWALD at Gremillion & Co.

Here are a few images from a magnificent show -- LAURA DUERWALD: Changeable Conditions, at Gremillion & Co. Fine Art in Houston (closed December 15).

Laura Duerwald: Changeable Conditions, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston

20.10.18

JOHN WALKER at 499 Park Avenue

John Walker, Swept In, 2017, oil on canvas, 84 x 66 inches

With all that is happening in New York museums and galleries, it would be easy to overlook this extraordinary group of recent paintings by John Walker, rather tucked away at the 499 Park Avenue lobby gallery (through March 30, 2019). Hanging in the massive corporate lobby on marble walls, Walker's muscular, rugged paintings are visualizations of human presence, and for those who walk through this cold space daily, must be a welcome reminder of their aliveness.

I have always thought of Walker as a landscape painter -- not landscape as seen, but landscape as felt, or as sensed in totality. These works are built as organized accumulations of rhythms. It is the rhythm of the pulse, the breath, the waves on the shore. The striations of thick impasto have a primal quality that supports their connection to these most fundamental impulses. In their scale, weight, and heavily worked surfaces, these paintings offer endless excursions into the depths of human sensibility.