Online Peter Alexander In Focus Feb 9 – Mar 19, 2022 Peter Alexander, Photography by Steve Kahn "[Peter’s] art has always devoted its most profound attention to the soft, glistening, metaphoric edge of things, where solids turn liquid, and liquids resolve into atmosphere, where sight and touch are indistinguishable, and we can always feel the air as it moves in off the ocean."Dave Hickey, 1999 Peter Alexander, Black Stroke #16, 2017, gouache on paper, 11-7/8" × 9" (30.2 cm × 22.9 cm) Learn More While Peter Alexander is best known for his meditative, abstract sculptures, the pioneering Light and Space artist also worked in painting, drawing, lithography, and polaroid photography. This online presentation, which coincides with an in-person exhibition of Alexander’s sculptures at Pace Gallery in New York, spotlights the artist’s gouache works on paper. Featuring four pieces created in 2013 and 2017, this digital showing illuminates a lesser known but key aspect of Alexander’s expansive practice. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Peter Alexander Black Stroke #16 2017 gouache on paper 11-7/8" × 9" (30.2 cm × 22.9 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Alexander, Untitled (31), 2013, gouache on yupo paper, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper 20" × 17" × 1-7/8" (50.8 cm × 43.2 cm × 4.8 cm), frame Learn More Alexander’s explorations on paper can be understood in the context of his work in other mediums, including his famed sculptures. The artist’s abstract and semi-abstract works of this kind are in conversation with his translucent, ethereal, and geometric sculptures, beckoning viewers into their many layers and hues. His works on paper, like his sculptures, were often informed by the natural landscape of his native California. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Peter Alexander Untitled (31) 2013 gouache on yupo paper 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper 20" × 17" × 1-7/8" (50.8 cm × 43.2 cm × 4.8 cm), frame Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Alexander, Untitled (07), 2013, gouache on yupo paper, 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm) Learn More The artist’s deep interest in Mark Rothko’s approach to color and mark making is also evident in his works on paper. Alexander once said, "I’ve always loved Rothko and the sensibility [within the edges he creates], so I decided to cast objects that had those kinds of edges that disappeared." Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Peter Alexander Untitled (07) 2013 gouache on yupo paper 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Peter Alexander, Black Stroke #39, 2017, gouache on paper, 11-7/8" × 9" (30.2 cm × 22.9 cm) Learn More Created in the final years of Alexander’s life, these works on paper reflect the artist’s auspicious and varied investigations into the phenomenological effects of color and light. Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Peter Alexander Black Stroke #39 2017 gouache on paper 11-7/8" × 9" (30.2 cm × 22.9 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back To inquire about available works by Peter Alexander, please email us at inquiries@pacegallery.com. Read More Journal View All Press Robert Longo on Mark Rothko Nov 29, 2023 Pace Live Artist Talk With Fred Wilson, LAXART Director Hamza Walker, and Pace Chief Curator Oliver Shultz Nov 17, 2023 Essays Tim Eitel on Time, Space, and Memory in His New Paintings of Pace’s Seventh Floor Nov 17, 2023 Essays Picasso at Pace: A Timeline Nov 16, 2023 Past, Peter Alexander, In Focus, Feb 9, 2022