Art on a Postcard x War Child UK 2024 Part II

About
Alex Foxton’s painting takes traditional images of masculinity, deconstructs their archetypes and reveals their complexity and ambiguity. Alex Foxton explores the personal history and humanity of the heroes or mythical figures that inhabit our western culture, painting a new narrative in the hollow of the history known to all. Alex tries to get rid of the objective and dominant gaze that shapes these virile male figures to reveal an embodied vision and to let a desire for these bodies come to life.

Education
2006 MA in Menswear, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
2002 BA in Womenswear, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK

Select Exhibitions/Awards
Solo Exhibitions 2024 Swoon, Galerie Derouillon, Paris, FR 2023; Trade, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, USA2023; Sunshower (after Stanley Stellar), Kapp Kapp, New York, USA 2022; Hex, Galerie Derouillon, Paris, France. Group Exhibitions 2023; The Rings of Saturn, Galerie Derouillon, Paris, France 2022; Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, USA 2021; Go Figure!?, Sprüth Magers, Online 2021; Eyes closed, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

Gallery Representation
Galerie Derouillon (Paris)
Various Small Fires (Los Angeles)

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
These are supposed to be peaceful works to console, which is why I painted moonlit landscapes. You could say the moon is the ultimate feminine archetype, which is not usually my subject, but it gave me peace to make these and I hope that is communicated to the viewer.


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