
2021
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In *Jul Sketches Series IV*, Alex distils the immediacy of drawing into a poised contemporary statement. Built through agile mark-making and a deliberately restrained palette, the work balances spontaneity with control—an approach that foregrounds process as subject. Quick, searching lines accumulate into rhythmic structures, suggesting figures, architecture, or memory traces without fixing them, inviting the viewer to complete the image. The sketch format is elevated here from preparatory study to finished artwork, aligning with current discourse around authenticity, labour, and the value of the hand in an increasingly digital visual culture. As part of the *Jul Sketches* cycle, this piece offers a culturally resonant meditation on everyday observation, time, and urban sensation.
‘’ Art ’’ will be solely and exclusively synonymous with ‘’ suffered alteration ’’, in the same way that it will be understood as a trivial element, practically insignificant in the environment. The terms ‘’ sensitive field ’’ and ‘’ emotional field ’’ of being will be consolidated as the only fact...
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