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Alex Becerra — Living in the Suburbs can be so Depressing
Alex Becerra

Living in the Suburbs can be so Depressing

2014

Alex Becerra's two-panel oil painting explores the quiet desolation of suburban life with a raw, visceral energy characteristic of the Los Angeles-based artist's work. Rendered in expressive, gestural brushwork, the composition captures the psychological weight and monotony that can lurk beneath the surface of orderly domestic landscapes. Becerra's figures and environments pulse with an unsettling tension, blurring the line between comfort and confinement.

Medium
oil on canvas stretched over panel, in 2 parts

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Alex Becerra, Living in the Suburbs can be so Depressing, 2014

Alex Becerra's two-panel oil painting explores the quiet desolation of suburban life with a raw, visceral energy characteristic of the Los Angeles-based artist's work. Rendered in expressive, gestural brushwork, the composition captures the psychological weight and monotony that can lurk beneath the surface of orderly domestic landscapes. Becerra's figures and environments pulse with an unsettling tension, blurring the line between comfort and confinement.

Medium
oil on canvas stretched over panel, in 2 parts
Year
2014
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Melancholic Mood, Figurative Painting, Dark Palette, Male Artist, Expressionism, Emerging Artist, Diptych, American Artist, Social Commentary, Contemporary Art, Oil on Canvas, Suburban Life

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