Museum Acquisition Alexandre Wagner

Kutlesa is thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of Alexandre Wagner's work by the MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, through the generous support of Dr. Toya Butz. This painting was included in the artist's debut solo exhibition at Kutlesa and first solo exhibition in Europe in 2023.

 

Wagner's paintings share a common thematic catalyst: the creation of a space resembling a landscape. Brush strokes evoke an undulating motion that suggest horizon lines, cliffs, rivers, and forests, rendered in palettes of earth tones and vibrating, electrifying greens and blues. When viewing in series, one after another, the pictorial field develops a rhythm, repeating like a mantra, in which the figurative elements gradually disappear, and the true focus of the paintings emerges: color, movement, and light.