Real-life paintings by Alexa Meade

by painting directly onto her subjects and photographing them in a variety of constructed and real-world environments, artist alexa meade conflates the worlds of painting, photography, and performance 'transit', 18x24" limited edition chromogenic print all images © alexa meade

american artist alexa meade creates her representational paintings directly on her subjects, covering people and objects in layers of acrylic paint before photographing them. the works offer an unusual conflation of painting, installation, and photography, as the three-dimensional forms are collapsed in space, taking on a 2D appearance in the prints. In her exhibitions, meade frequently paints over small rooms in which a human subject sits for the duration of the show, offering a performative aspect to her work.

These paintings blew my mind. Do yourself a favor and see the rest of the images. The concept and execution of this is just brilliant. 

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