Joye De Vivre

Alexander did this series during the last months of his life. When the eyesight is not perfect, the hand is not so steady, and the easel is not your best friend anymore, yet… This series is a true statement of…
Alexander did this series during the last months of his life. When the eyesight is not perfect, the hand is not so steady, and the easel is not your best friend anymore, yet… This series is a true statement of…
The Quaisi series was born to contemplate our different perceptions that could only communicate with those on a similar wavelength. A QUAISI is the middle of a morph of a “?” to a “!”, and these works explore this symbolically—some,…
In this series, Alexander starts a peaceful Art Revolution he called POST CONTEMPORARY ART. The purpose was to return to our fundamental goal, communication in depth rather than tactical shock, to evoke creativity, go forward, and put it into use…
Frames were always an essential part of the artwork. Alexander decided to portray them as an inside part of the process. The fun and creativity of this frame game are offered in this series. Frame Game PCA 34 Acrylics, painted gause, oil…
This series included painted canvases emerging from a base canvas toward the viewer. Each one of the projecting canvases could have been an individual painting on the wall, except that the back of the frame was also a painted canvas.…
I have never been interested in copying something that exists in nature. Nature has already done a magnificent job of creation, and no artist is ever going to match, never mind improve on that. To get as much variety as…
Or in other words, Computer Manipulations.The process was to create four or five different paintings – usually in various forms – then photograph them, combine them, and manipulate them on the computer before finally printing the new image onto a…
These works raise several interesting questions, like: What is a painting? Clearly, it’s not just a canvas or other medium that has been painted. What is an image? Can you have part of an image that isn’t really there? In…
These series include the most conceptually interesting, playful, and, at the same time, serious works, inviting viewers to question their perception of reality. It includes angelic, symbolic figures calling for our humanity, inner discernments of perception of reality, tales in…
A large number of computer-generated works created in 1996-99 were transformed into movies DANCE OF THE SOULS, ANIMA, SCULPTURES IN SPACE, TRIBAL MAGIC, IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, SPIRITUAL REALM, THE EDGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. These images reflect Alexander’s search for…
I like the fact that there is no stylistic consistency within the range of paintings I have called “Levels of Existence.”If I have an idea (an image in my mind) which implies different levels of existence somehow, I use it.…
The holopainting series combines holography and painting in a new way. It is a complete marriage of holography and painting, a unique interaction between technology and Alexander’s spiritual and ethical feelings. Technology here is not used for its own sake…