I was not blown away by this. I was expecting to be. I read Alex saying it was his best. I felt this way also at Bilbao show last year which I was able to see.
I'm not sure what is missing as I see them as the best in contemporary figuration by far. Maybe I've seen most of these now many times. He could be approaching an over exposure. But I hope he keeps on.
He's repeating a lot and his newer unstructured brush stroke is allowing surface to become impressionistic.
They always had such a strong surface.
It was beautiful though and a good juxtaposition to Mary Heilmann at Whitechapel Gallery and Stanley Whitney also up in June 2016.
He has brought figurative painting to a stylish abstraction that allows it to coexist in our contemporary world and yet relating to the unfolding of art history as well.
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