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Alex Urban

Alex Urban (Born 1978) is active/lives in Poland.  

Alex Urban, born 1978 in Jelenia Gora Poland, is an artist with unbridled imagination. Urban's art deals with the topics of corporeality and sexuality, which become the main message of the work. It represents peculiar characters in the convention of kitsch, weirdness and social mismatch.

Alex Urban uses vulgar jokes as a critique of society and its rules. By using a bright palette of colors, Urban makes the performances seem unreal, as if taken from a horror film, but in a familiar way.

The exhibitions of Alex Urban expose abuses, violence and sexism. Inspiration for this subject comes from the world of pop culture, TV programs, magazines and newspapers. She reinterprets the stories acquired in this way, reworking them and adding fictional elements, giving them an absurd tone, which often causes a feeling of discomfort in the audience watching her works.

Alex integrates physical and mental violence in her work. Aggression in combination with ero   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1532 characters.]  Artist bio

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