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Paul Alexis (b. 1947)<br />
Paul Alexis is a French artist born <strong>in</strong> 1947. His work is comprised of a superimposition of multiple<br />
pa<strong>in</strong>ted metal sheets atop a colored canvas. Greatly <strong>in</strong>fluenced by his travels through Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Alexis’s<br />
art is <strong>in</strong>fused with an abstract realism that forces the viewer <strong>in</strong>to a double take. Lurk<strong>in</strong>g under the<br />
metal layers is a familiar image, unseen from up close, but as the viewer steps back a face, an object,<br />
an icon is revealed from the pa<strong>in</strong>terly shadows. Preferr<strong>in</strong>g to work <strong>in</strong> large formats, Alexis’s works<br />
engulf the viewer <strong>in</strong> their purity of color and ghostly forms, the joy of recognition an <strong>in</strong>tegral part<br />
of the viewer’s experience.<br />
Bruce, 2017<br />
Oil on wire nett<strong>in</strong>g on canvas . 55.1 x 45.3 <strong>in</strong> | 140 x 115 cm<br />
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