Baltimore-based artist Alex Ebstein’s textural collages are like a postmodern tryst between the oft-quoted designs of the Memphis group and equally popular Matisse cut-outs. What makes Alex’s work stand out in a sea of block colour and simple shapes are her unexpected materials. Working with exercise paraphernalia for her textural abstract works, she teams hand-cut yoga mats with acrylic and twine to surprising ends. Both graphic and vivid at a distance whilst pleasingly tactile up close, her beautifully simple amorphous works walk a fine line between being strongly geometric and organic at the same time.
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