Alex Gardner Artist Talk and Q&A

Please join us at Harmony House (561 Lomita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305) on April 22nd, 2025, 4:30-6:00PM for an artist talk and Q&A with artist Alex Gardner (Artposer). RSVPs REQUIRED.
As a natural observer, Alex Gardner captures the nuances of relationships through luminous paintings. Through making connections, he creates dual narratives of optimism and paranoid delusion. The artist’s vivid color fields are inhabited by faceless characters, unobscured by superficial features or societal pressures. Human in nature, Gardner’s figures exhibit intimately familiar behaviors: frozen in amusement, an intimate embrace, or caught in a moment of melancholy. Free of the obligations imposed by identity markers they become universal, activated by the lived experience of each onlooker. However, while we project ourselves onto them, they are not ours. The ambiguous backdrop of his canvases mirror the malleability of Gardner’s pitch-black figures. Rather than imparting definitions, Gardner offers solace in an indefinite ecosystem polluted with information.
Alex will be discussing his career + work and there will be a moderated talk and Q&A. View Alex’s work here!
FOR NON-STANFORD UNIVERSITY ATTENDEES – please note that this is an event to primarily serve students, so Q&A will prioritize Stanford student questions.
Any questions please contact Lsongwu@stanford.edu