Alexandra Posen
REDON
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Odilon Redon (1840-1916); French symbolist painter, who described the magic of his work as "the logic of the visible at the service of the invisible".
LANGE
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965); American photographer, famous for her searing and compassionate documentation of the Great Depression.
MODOTTI
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Tina Modotti (1896-1942); Italian photographer, who lived a riveting life as a phenomenal photographer, silent film actress and political activist.
SIGNAC
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Paul Signac (1863-1935); French pointillist painter, a contemporary of Seurat.
LUMIERE
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Louis Lumiere (1864-1948); One of the Lumiere brothers, French filmmakers and pioneers of early cinema.
PIRANDELLO
Beeswax and mixed media on paper
20” x 15”
2017
Referencing: Luiji Pirandello (1867-1936); Italian Playwright who wrote many farces and participated in the Theater of the Absurd.
BIOGRAPHY
Alexandra Posen is a graduate of Brown University and L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She studied physical and visual theater with an emphasis on mask making and puppetry, which lead to her performance works in the late nineties. In 2000 she began her ongoing wax drawing series, Fields, and soon after co-founded Zac Posen, where as creative director she worked for nearly a decade to establish the label as a global brand. Alexandra's extensive knowledge of couture fabric and technique has translated into a unique formal language in her recent abstract paintings. Posen's work has been exhibited at Lynch Tam, NYCAMS, Temp Space and The Watermill Center, reviewed in Bullet magazine and featured in numerous blogs.
Alexandra lives and works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.