Alex G Cao
In the 80's, surrounded by glitz, glam and pop, America welcomed amongst many a young teen. Alex Guofeng Cao arrived with his family from China like so many before him in New York City. Cao, an "X" er with a distinguished and developing passion for how we look and see ourselves, set his studies on photography. Influenced by his new surroundings in New York, along with the imagery of Irving Penn, Mapplethorpe and other luminaries of the medium, Cao's commercial opportunities gave rise to his fine art. These have stemmed from Vogue to Maxim magazines eliciting further foundation for an explosive and thoughtfully compelling body of work.
In late , Alex Guefeng Cao's Miami Art Basel debut garnered national media attention because of, amongst many reasons, his pixelated photograph series. Each paired "homage" with conceptual insight.
The pixelated collection reaches into the history of pop culture, politics and religion. As many great artist prior, the level of homage to influence - fine art's way of referencing the source - is the latch, the hook that Cao's work visually speaks. He draws on the great societies before our own, relying on "western antiquity" and "the i
Alex Guofeng Cao
Chinese, b.
Originally born in China, Cao moved to the United States with his family in the s. Today, he works and lives in New York City. Cao’s most recent series of images are monumentally-sized pixilated images of well-known celebrities and historical figures. The familiar images are easily recognized but not so easily taken in.
At first demanding distance, the monumental image pushes the viewer away. One is quickly drawn in close, however, by the pixels, which are iconic images in themselves. Jackie makes up JFK, the Mona Lisa composes Marilyn Monroe, Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde becomes Pamela Anderson. The dialogue between the two images presents another layer to be deciphered. In some cases, carefully chosen codes and clues are inserted in strategic locations as a reminder of the events and situations in which these characters were involved.
The histories and backgrounds of each of the characters are deliberately pitted against each other. Marilyn Monroe is composed of tiny images of the Mona Lisa. These two women are, arguably, the most famous women in the world. They share an unusual bond in that they are both, in some ways, ficti
Alex G. Cao
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When Alex Guofeng Cao came to New York, photography easily became his passion. Inspired by such masters as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Edward Weston, and Robert Mapplethorpe, Cao ceaselessly studied and experimented with all methods and techniques in photography. While adept with color, Cao’s preferred medium is the black and white image. Cao’s deep fascination with the subtle gradations of tone between the deep black and the stark white are the generators for all the colors he needs to create his world.
A decade ago, Cao was inspired on a trip to Naples and Pompeii by ancient mosaic floors and walls. Cao incorporates the mosaic art form into his work, and views the creation of his art as composing a mosaic of memories into an impression of the present. Greatly influenced by the ideal forms and proportions of the iconic and statuesque sculptures of the ancient Egypt, Greek and Roman eras, Cao’s works are rooted in western antiquity.
The most recent body of work by Cao is a series of images of popular culture icons. At a glance almost anyone can identify some if not all of the characters in the menagerie of celebrities. Upon closer
Born in China
Lives and works in New York City
EXHIBITIONS
The Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, Texas, USA
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Museum of the Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Columbia
Group show, Emblem and Image, Birnam Wood Galleries, New York, NY, US
Mironova Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
Houston Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA
Aspen Art Fair, Aspen, Co, USA
Art Hampton, NY, USA
VILLA DEL ARTE GALLERIES Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
Art Basel 43, Switzerland
Scope Basel, Switzerland
Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas USA
Edwynn Houk Galley, New York, USA
Identity Crisis, The Heckscher Museum of Art, New York, USA
Lookforart, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alp Galleries, Frankfurt, Germany
Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Paris Photo, Paris, France
KÜNSTLER AUF DER ART FAIR, Cologne, Germany
Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco
Art 42 Basel, Switzerland
Scope Basel, Switzerland
Galerie Albert Benamou, MY ALL-STARS, Paris, France
Gallery M, Pixel - The Evolution of The Photograph, Denver, Colorado, USA
Cavalier Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Nantucket, MA, USA
Decompose/Recompose: Resurrect, Guy Hepner Galle
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