MARK MOORE FINE ART presents “Pattern Harvest,” an exclusive ARTSY online exhibition of eighteen new paintings by ALEX BLAU.
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Blau’s geometric works draw on disposable consumer goods, computer-generated architecture, and mandala-like forms to explore abstraction’s role in mass culture. Influences run from Ellsworth Kelly and Jeff Koons to the glossy colors of snack packaging.
Made by layering clear acrylic over airbrushed patterns, these small, soft-edged, shaped paintings have surfaces with real depth—cracks and imperfections are sealed into the work, leaving visible “scars” that reveal their handmade origins. Blau’s focus on materiality and sculptural presence aligns her with artists like Kelly and Frank Stella.
A devoted fan of snack-packaging aesthetics, Blau covers one studio wall with chip and snack wrappers sent from around the world. Their saturated colors and bold graphics often jumpstart her fully abstract compositions, placing high art references and everyday design on equal footing—a fitting visual democracy for the Internet age.
Blau holds an MFA from RISD and has presented solo exhibitions at the Frist Center, Firecat Projects (Chicago), Gallery Seomi (Seoul), Mark Moore Gallery (Santa Monica), Kevin Bruk Gallery (Miami), Barbara Davis Gallery (Houston), and the New Britain Museum of American Art. She currently teaches at Vanderbilt University and Austin Peay State University.
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