Chemical X
Chemical X is an anonymous contemporary artist working in a variety of media and approaches. Although based in the UK, he has shown in Los Angeles, Lisbon, Berlin and London. His work is often controversial dealing with subjects ranging from dance music drug culture, homelessness in Skid Row, the refugee crisis and FGM. He is collected around the world despite his arm’s length relationship with the conventional art world to date. This exhibition incorporates over three and a half thousand dots placed by hand on each piece in a unique pattern developed over several years.
The series of new, never-before-seen works explores the very nature of objectivity and subjectivity through patterns and the mixture of mathematics and aesthetics. Through semi-organic arrangements each identical in size and composition, Chemical X creates a complex simplicity using objectivity: a number of dots in concentric circles that create patterns. These patterns draw the human eye to imagine new patterns, employing symmetry to elicit the first subjective thoughts of beauty.
Hilfiger was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1985.
A self-taught artist, Alexandria first started exhibiting her work in New York City, in 2004. As a multi-disciplinary artist she also wrote and produced a television show, produced a feature film, and co-founded the fashion label, NAHM. During this time Alexandria was quietly battling an undiagnosed chronic illness which ultimately forced her close her label and retreat from the public eye. During her eventual treatment and subsequent recovery, Hilfiger reverted back to her original practice of painting. This became integral to her healing process both physically, mentally and spiritually. In 2013 Hilfiger reemerged and began exhibiting work again in such places as Art Basel Miami, Spring Break New York, Robina Benson and Giorgetti.
Using abstract shapes, texture and color, her work explores questions around how one processes the complex and sometimes undefinable realm of human emotions. Taking inspiration from forms found in nature, her paintings attempt to re-contextualize ideas of “imperfection” as aspects of beauty. Hilfiger's work ranges in scale from large, acrylic on canvas paintings, with vibrant colors and broad expressive strokes, to smaller more delicate works on paper, in ink and oil pastel. Alexandria currently works and resides in Los Angeles.