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① Artwork:
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A chaotic array of vivid pinks, blues, greens, and oranges dominate this abstract painting. Frenetic, gestural brushstrokes mix with layered patches of color and varied line thicknesses to suggest intense emotion or energy. Alef employs broad, sweeping motions juxtaposed against tight, jagged lines to create a sense of movement and dynamic tension.
Joseph Alef makes active paintings that radiate with energy. The artist has created his own expressive visual language by blending an impressive array of colors with gestural and drip elements. Beginning with delicate fields of color, he then integrates linear and distinct graphic elements to form sculptural effects.
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③ Artist:
Joseph Alef makes active paintings that radiate with energy. The artist has created his own expressive visual language by blending an impressive array of colors with gestural and drip elements. Beginning with delicate fields of color, he then integrates linear and distinct graphic elements to form sculptural effects.
Joseph Alef was born in 1981 in Berkeley, CA. He has practiced at Creative Growth from 2001–2008 and 2013-present.
He has been included in exhibitions such as "Creative Growth: The House That Art Built" at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles, CA; "Into The Brightness: Artists From Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD" at the Oakland Museum of California in Oakland, CA; and Nina Johnson Gallery in Miami, FL, among others.
His art has been featured by media outlets like NPR, ABC7, Hyperallergic, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
