Alexander Gorlizki
Biography
Alexander Gorlizki was born in London in 1967 and studied Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic, followed by an M.F.A in Sculpture at the Slade, London. A British native, Gorlizki currently lives and works in New York. Gorlizki's works on paper originate from an obsession with Indian Miniature paintings - a tradition that he has subverted and applied to his own particular visual language. In the mid 1990's he opened a studio in Jaipur, India with Riyaz Uddin, a master painter with a perfect command of technique that goes back over 600 years. Gorlizki draws out wonderfully odd subjects, patterns and compositions that Uddin then paints with jewel-coloured pigments, stone colours and gold leaf with a single hair-tipped brush to create works of breathtaking intricacy. When not working together in the studio, drawings get sent back and forth to be modified and adapted between New York and Jaipur, often over a period of years.
Download PDFGallery Exhibitions
The Art of Giving - December 9, 2010 - January 19, 2011
Selected Works
Alexander Gorlizki Broadband, 2010 Pigment on paper 18 x 23 1/2 inches
Alexander Gorlizki Third Party, 2010 Pigment and gold on paper 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Alexander Gorlizki Geometry vs Geography, 2010 Pigment and gold on paper 14 x 12 inches
Alexander Gorlizki Limp DC10, 2009 Pigment on paper 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
Alexander Gorlizki After An Absence, 2007 Pigment and gold on paper 16 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
Alexander Gorlizki Lack of Evidence, 2011 Pigment on paper 11 7/8 x 9 inches
Alexander Gorlizki Man of Leisure, 2011 Pigment on paper 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches