“Many Worlds”: Recent Paintings by Alex Cohen at Lancaster Galleries

Many Worlds: Recent Paintings by Alex Cohen is a body of work created from both life and invention created predominantly in oils or aqueous media. “The sense that what is strange feels familiar and what is familiar seems strange, is not an intention to obfuscate––but rather is the result of finding the visual rules by which the painting and subject agree. The painting thus operates as a kind of mediator ushering the painter towards a middle path where the known and unknown are merged. The journey towards a complete image is like that of migratory animals or people, spurred on to new lands in search of what feels like home.” – Alex Cohen