Man and Soup-man
Pigment and gold on paper
7 1/4" x 14"
Alexander Gorlizki, 2010

Alexander Gorlizki was born in London, England and lives and works in New York City. Gorlizki’s works on paper combine such diverse elements as hand-painted figures, ornamental and textile patterns, as well as photographs and magazine pages. His compositions range from geometric abstraction to loosely narrative surreal scenes that offer views into layered worlds where Eastern and Western iconographies and historical references are found re-contextualized and co-mingling in a contemporary and flattened visual space.

His work has been extensively exhibited in Europe and the United States. His work is included in several museum collections including the Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, the Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Germany, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.

Alexander Gorlizki works in Brooklyn and has a studio in Jaipur, India where he's worked with master miniaturist painter Riyaz Uddin since 1996.He is represented in the USA by Van Doren Waxter, John Berggruen Gallery and The Baldwin Gallery.

Courtesy of the artist and Van Doren Waxter Gallery.Drawing depicting a Rajput warrior and Barnett Newman in a steaming bowl of soup.