Almine Rech Gallery

17-05-2021: www.alminerech.com/artists/6938-alejandro-cardenas

Alejandro Cardenas

  • , View from the Western Terrace, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    122.1 x 91.6 cm
    48 1/8 x 36 1/8 in
  • , The Return, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    122.1 x 91.6 cm
    48 1/8 x 36 1/8 in
  • , The house at Los Lagos, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    122.1 x 91.6 cm
    48 1/8 x 36 1/8 in
  • , If anything could be learned, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    121.9 x 165.1 cm
    48 x 65 in
  • , If this were to continue, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    121.9 x 165.1 cm
    48 x 65 in
  • , If it's nothing, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    91.4 x 121.9 cm
    36 x 48 in
  • , The tail of If, 2020
    121.9 x 91.4 cm
    48 x 36 in
  • , If it strikes, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , If it’s just surface, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , Atacamite Hall 2, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , Atacamite Hall 3, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , Atacamite Hall 1, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , Atacamite Hall 4, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , The doorway, 2021
    Acrylic on canvas
    101.6 x 81.3 cm
    40 x 32 in
  • , Continuous Sentry and Sea Krait, 2021
    Lacquered aluminum
    180 x 110 x 4 cm; 70 7/8 x 43 1/4 x 1 5/8 in
    Base: 90 x 60 x 2 cm; 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 3/4 in
  • , Sea Krait Gerwalk mode, 2021
    Lacquered aluminum
    100 x 60 x 4 cm; 39 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 1 5/8 in
    Base: 30 x 50 x 2 cm; 11 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 3/4 in

Alejandro Cardenas (b. 1977, Santiago, Chile) completed his BFA at the Cooper Union School of Art in 2000. Before becoming a full time studio painter, Cardenas had a successful career as a multimedia artist, working in illustration, graphic design, and videography. For over a decade he served as the lead textile designer and art director for the influential fashion label Proenza Schouler. He was also a founding member of Lansing-Dreiden, a New York-based transdisciplinary art collective that produced musical albums, a literary journal, and artworks. Reviews of his art and design projects have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, and Another Magazine. Cardenas currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Exhibitions

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