STEVEN ALEXANDER J O U R N A L: Paper

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27.3.18

New Works on Paper

Here are a few of the small paper pieces I've been working on lately.

Steven Alexander, Untitled, 2018, oil and acrylic on paper, 10 x 8 inches

23.9.11

In the Studio

A selection of works on paper, 2011

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4.2.10

Paper Works at Janet Kurnatowski

Paper Works, Installation View (with my acrylic on paper piece top center)

Mark Dagley with one of his very cool prints

Through Feb 21, at the Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Brooklyn, is a wonderful salon-style show of drawings and paintings on paper, in which I am honored to be participating. The show features the work of 64 artists including Don Voisine, Kazimira Rachfal, Mark Dagley, Ben La Rocco, James Biederman, Gabriela Evertz... It's an energetic hodgepodge of styles and sensibilities that rewards sustained viewing, and is testament to the vitality of abstract painting. Check it out.

30.1.10

DAVID REED: Works on Paper
at Peter Blum

In his first exhibition with Peter Blum in Soho (through March 6), David Reed is showing a fascinating group of works on paper, including color studies and working drawings. The color studies are small quick paintings on paper that feature Reed's signature swirling slabs of color, but are much more offhanded and loosely structured than the paintings, with the white of the paper playing a positive role in each piece. They are beautiful abbreviated moments of high facility that in some ways make his large-scale paintings look excessively labored. Which leads us to the working drawings -- groups of notebook pages filled to overflowing with visual and verbal notes addressing every imaginable nuance of Reed's practice. It is hard to imagine that he actually engages in such an obsessively detailed process. The pages read like an ongoing conversation with himself, and reflect not only the precision of his material process, but the perpetual uncertainty that infuses his decision making. It would be interesting to know if Reed has always worked this way, or if such copious verbal notations entered his practice later as studio assistants took over more of the hands-on labor. At any rate, these are wonderful things to peruse, and they reveal a much more personal aspect of Reed's process than has ever been seen.

5.2.09

In the Studio: Paper

3 untitled pieces, 2009, each 24 x 20 in, acrylic on 30 x 22 in Arches 300lb paper

19.7.08

On Paper

Untitled, summer 2008, acrylic on paper

Into the full summer groove in the studio, always hoping to gain enough momentum to sling-shot me into fall. There's almost always a group of paper pieces in progress along with the paintings on canvas. Here is a recent suite. Each image is 4 1/2 by 9 inches.