Craig Alan Solo Exhibition "Come Together"

Craig Alan

Solo Exhibition

Come Together

January 19 – February 7 ,2024

Craig Alan

Solo Exhibition

Come Together

2024.1.19 Fri. - 2.7 Wed.

AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art is pleased to announce “Come Together”, a solo exhibition by Craig Alan at our gallery.

This exhibition will feature a number of Alan’s representative works, the Populus series, in which a group of people are each grouped together to form a single portrait.

The background of this series began when he was staying at his mother’s condominium in Florida and was taking photographs when he happened to see a large crowd of people at a wedding on the beach forming a large eyeball. After spending about a year and a half researching the shadows created by the people, he completed the Populus series. The figures in his works include his family and friends, and his unique and delicate touch gives each person’s clothes and figure a unique character. Each work is comprised of between 400 and 1,800 meticulously rendered figures, and each piece takes between 50 and 150 hours to complete.

For Alan, the canvas is a backdrop for the unexpected, and the images filtered through his subconscious subvert and sublimate conventional wisdom.

At first glance, the work appears to be a portrait made of pointillism, but closer inspection reveals a group of small people, each grouped together to form a single picture. Alan’s creative interpretation of the most famous icons of the past and present, including world-renowned Hollywood stars, musicians, heads of state, and characters, is meticulously rendered in every detail.

Motivated by the fact that pop culture never ceases and continues to grow, it symbolizes its future development and the color it will bring to our lives.

Craig Alan Solo Exhibition “Come Together“
Venue : AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art (Located at B2F Omotesando Hills)

Exhibition period：January 19th Fri. – February 7th Wed.,2024

He was born in San Bernardino, California in 1971. Initially, his style was street portraiture, so he developed a talent for recreating the human figure. Alan studied art at the University of Alabama and received regional awards. He was selected from more than 1,600 works in the “Art with a Southern Drawl,” the university’s most prestigious exhibition. His experience in theatrical set design and makeup has further diversified his technique. Through a combination of disparate influences and media, he mixes colorful worlds and elaborate textures, hues, and compositions to express technical sophistication and elaborate imagination in his work. Reflecting a unique vision ranging from abstract expressionism to graphic works, he has continued to exhibit his work worldwide. Alan has established himself as a unique and distinctive figure in the visual arts industry. Alan has the Washington State Capitol as his collector. He has exhibited at the Palm Beach Show, Scope, and Context Art Miami.

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Solo Exhibition

Come Together

2024.1.19 Fri. - 2.7 Wed.

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