
Spotlight Artist
Alexander Paulus
South
Artist Statement
My current work deals with tiny people in large environments.
Sometimes they are celebrities, sometimes they are me,
sometimes they are imaginary people. I like to place these
figures in odd situations or surroundings and see how they
play off the space. I often think about how humans fit into this
world and how small we actually are compared to the rest
of the universe/multiverse. I am very interested in the purpose
of human existence. It seems like we do a lot of weird shit
for no reason.
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