101/exhibit is pleased to present Undertow , an exhibition of new works by Jason Shawn Alexander, the Los Angeles-based Expressionist figurative painter. The show, which opens to the public on Friday, December 2 through February 8, 2012 at 101 NE 40th Street, Miami, Florida, coincides with the publication of a book, also called Undertow. An invitation-only preview will take place on December 1. “I am very pleased to present Jason’s third exhibition at 101/exhibit,” said 33-year old Sloan Schaffer, who gave the artist his first ... Read more

101/exhibit is pleased to present Undertow , an exhibition of new works by Jason
Shawn Alexander, the Los Angeles-based Expressionist figurative painter. The show, which opens to the public on Friday, December 2 through February 8, 2012 at 101 NE 40th Street, Miami, Florida, coincides with the publication of a book, also
called Undertow. An invitation-only preview will take place on December 1.
“I am very pleased to present Jason’s third exhibition at 101/exhibit,” said 33-year old Sloan Schaffer, who gave the artist his first solo show in 2009, the same year he opened his gallery. “His masterfully rich figures inhabit settings that, at times, evoke the stillness of theater. “These paintings offer the viewer a glimpse of private moments, captured in the wake of a great receding void,” said Schaffer. “With his intense personal narrative combined with overtones of allegory, the paintings are imbued with an essential human drama that is his signature quality.”

According to Schaffer, the new works come at a time of great success for the 35-year old artist. “His confidence as a figurative painter is allowing more of the process to show in his work,” said Schaffer. An expert draftsman, Alexander has developed a method for mounting paper to canvas, which enables him to use his inks at the idea’s inception. He draws with fluidity and an energy he has long sought to bring to his paintings. The ink serving as a gestural skeleton, the artist then uses models to help pull out realism and sculpt the flesh of his pieces. His intimate works penetrate to the core of human integrity, often depicting images of figures wrenched in that critical space where the strained coordination of mind, body, and spirit, hangs in the balance of existential woe.

Undertow runs from December 2nd, 2011 – Feb. 8th, 2012. A private reception takes
place on December 1, from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. The gallery, located at 101 NE 40th
Street, Miami, FL, 33137, is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 A.M. to 7:00
P.M., or by appointment.