Alexa Barboza Joseph
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Runway of Chaos
2020
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
47" x 35"
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Escaping
2020
Acrylic and marker on canvas
47" x 35"
Existir hasta cierto punto 1 and 2
2020
Acrylic, pencil, string, paper and wire on canvas
9" x 11"
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Moving (3)
2021
Performance and digital photography
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Completing the cycle (3)
2021
Performance
Statement
Artist Statement
Through constant experimentation, I explore themes around control and abandon in works that range from representational to abstract. The contradictions evident in our structured society, such as nature versus man-made, are often represented to express the varying dynamics of control that we already accept.
Geometric shapes and organic loose marks are emphasized with artificial bright colors and a contrasting palette of natural, muted colors. The raw, organic essence plays an important role in my control, or lack of it, in making the work. Using abstracted representation of manmade forms of containment such as fences, buildings, and walls that trap the true nature. Trying to have a balance between spontaneity and planning: the process emphasizes the questions.
Thesis Statement
Cycled Entropy
C Y C L E D : Move in or follow a regularly repeated sequence of events
E N T R O P Y : Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder
This project reflects on the societal physical and mental barriers created by humans to contain and control nature. It expresses the connections between nature and humans as controlled living organisms in a structured society covered by lines, fences and boxes.
As nature, the creating process for each project evolved by an organic flow that followed no sequence, rules or expectations but always closely related to one another.
Questioning traditional art ideals by the exploration of a sustainable cycle which involved human aesthetics, authorship, climate change, nature, food and back to humans.
An endless cycle of understanding the abstract notions of tangible and intangible fences and how to disrupt them
Painting (BFA) Students
Qingxin Meng - not exhibiting
Shirley Ng - not exhibiting
Sophia Wilson - not exhibiting
Vicky Shao - not exhibiting
Zhenrui Yang - not exhibiting