STEVEN ALEXANDER J O U R N A L: Abstract Painting

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28.8.25

ELEVATION

ELEVATION

Traversing above the cliffs of Benwee –

Laura and I alone - in vastness

Immense awareness of distances, proximities

Constantly shifting, atmosphere turning, sliding

Spatial signals and orientations.

Vague trail touchstones, punctuate,

Moving outward but within

A spiral reality,

Continuously re-configured present –

Grounded and weightless

Locating, reflecting in space, through time.

The ancient diagonals intersect,

Boundaries of land, air, sea and self dissolve

Like the distance from then to now.

SA 2024

Elevation 1, 2025, oil on canvas, 42x36"

Elevation 4, 2025, oil on canvas, 50x40"

Elevation 5, 2025, oil on canvas, 50x40"

29.5.23

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Clearing 7, 2023, oil on canvas, 60 x 46 inches

20.2.23

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Source 3, 2023, oil on linen, 60 x 50 inches

10.2.23

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, CLEARING 6, 2023, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 inches

Detail, CLEARING 6, oil on canvas

27.1.23

Some Memorable Shows from 2021-2022

The past two plus years have been challenging in so many ways -- no travel, no restaurants, no openings, no hugs -- to mention only a few of the more minor Covid losses....Nevertheless, some important shows happened in New York, and I was able to get to a small fraction of them. Here are images from a few of the standouts. My sincere regrets to all my friends and colleagues whose shows I missed.

Jacqueline Humphries at Greene Naftale

Joan Mitchell at David Zwirner

Richard Pousette-Dart at Pace

Thornton Willis at David Richard

Michelle Stuart at Lelong

Ron Gorchov at Vito Schnabel

David Diao at Postmasters

Mary Obering at Bortolami

Frank Bowling at Hauser & Wirth

Svenja Deininger at Maryanne Boesky

Brice Marden at Gagosian

Maja Ruznic at Karma

Terry Winters at Matthew Marks

Jasper Johns at the Whitney Museum

27.12.22

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Source 2, 2022, oil on linen, 42 x 36 inches

Steven Alexander, Reflector 27, 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

Steven Alexander, Reflector 28, 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

19.7.21

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Interior 5, 2021, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches

19.1.21

ON PAINTING - In Time of Isolation #3

Lawrence Carroll

Suzan Frecon

Ron Gorchov

Harmony Hammond

Brice Marden

Mark Rothko

Nathlie Provosty

Stanley Whitney

23.10.20

In the Studio

Steven Alexander, Reflector 1, 2020, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches

Steven Alexander, Reflector 2, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches

31.8.20

GONÇALO IVO: New Paintings

A few magnificent new paintings by Gonçalo Ivo from his Cosmogenies series. After an extended residency at the Joseph & Anni Albers Foundation during the advent of the pandemic, Gonçalo is now working in isolation at his studio compound in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro.