Alex Da Corte

29 year old, Philadelphia-based Yale MFA student Alex Da Corte's work spans and breaks down categories of painting, sculpture, installation and video. Many of his pieces from the past few years stem from an interest in the aesthetics of the consumer experience. He finds inspiration in supermarket displays, advertisements, the internet etc. Conceptually, his work also examines the varying ways we relate to these objects.

"Objects have a cultural history that speaks to race or class, gender and politics, and that’s something that’s overlooked quite a bit. Images are what they are, and they last in our mind for several seconds, and we don’t consider history. So much of my work is about historicizing things and understanding them in terms of time and space, understanding that they do exist in the physical world, although we might not look up from our phones." 

(Read more: http://www.thefader.com/2013/10/17/interview-alex-da-corte-2/#ixzz2tYlchHds)
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Body Double, 2012

Fun Sponge, 2013