Alexander Apóstol

THINK BLUE #1, 2007
Giclèe print on Hahnemühle Fineart Pearl Paper
42" x 13.5"
Courtesy of the Artist
Edition of 25, 8 APs
$1,350

THINK BLUE #1 is based on Dodger Stadium, Neutra's original plans for Elysian Park Heights and the complex cultural history of Chavez Ravine.

Apóstol's art practice involves documenting historic forms of architecture and digitally manipulating the images in order to explore the impact monumental architecture has on a 21st Century urban condition. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Apóstol's works re-contextualize images of Modernist edifices to reconcile the ideological failings of the past with the socio-political and economic realities of the present.

Alexander Apóstol was born in Venezuela in 1969 and now lives in Madrid. He has had solo exhibitions in Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States, and his work has appeared in numerous group shows throughout Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has been artist-in-residence at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Maracay, Venezuela, and in 1991 he received the Young Artist/AICA award from the International Association of Art Critics in Caracas. Apóstol's photographic oeuvre consists largely of archetypal cultural images that he re-contextualizes in order to construct alternative histories and narratives for his camera's subjects.

Special thanks to CIRCA, Dodger Stadium, Bill Kelley, Jr., Dion Neutra, Neutra Archives and Pierre Creative Frames.