Spotlight Artist

Alexander Paulus

South
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Featured in New American Paintings

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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