Alex Chaney – Geometrics, Space, and Narrative
Posted: November 21st, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists | Tags: alex chaney, animals, characters, collage, color, conflict, depth, faces, geometry, ink, ink wash, intertwined, love, narrative, painting, paper, pattern, shapes, space, sygils, symbols | No Comments »If I were a fish and you wanted to catch and eat me you would cast a line with some figure-ground relationships, spacial definitions, or some sort of perspective on a hook and wait 5 seconds. When I first saw Alex’s work a year ago I was a bit unsettled by the flat spaces, intense geometry, and mass of figures intertwined in narrative.
Today his work appeals to me for several reasons. I’ve had the privilege of seeing a sizable amount of his work (we are the same major) and am struck by the consistency of his style, his complex figure relationships, and his ability to combine flat geometric shapes with a variety of spaces/environments. To me these three elements in his work make his images continuously captivating every time I look at them. Below are some of my favorite works by Alex:
Also, Alex and I did an art trade several months ago, which you can find the results of here.
Here is a link to Alex’s Facebook.
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