OFFICE MAGAZINE BY MARIA-CAMILA GARCIA

ALEXANDER WESSELY'S KORTEX BLENDS CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY. WESSELY USES HIS KEEN OBSERVATIONS ON THE WORLD — SPECIFICALLY THE PHENOMENON OF HUMAN WORSHIP — TO REVEAL HUMANITY'S RAW, FRAGILE INNER CORE. WHAT BEGAN AS PHOTOGRAPHY HAS EVOLVED INTO MULTIPLE ART FORMS THAT EXPLORE AND PORTRAY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICONS AND THEIR WORSHI...

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WIDEWALLS BY ELI ANAPUR

“EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP”

THE HUMAN FORM IS ONE OF THE MOST REPRESENTED MOTIFS IN ART, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY. CONTEMPORARY TURNS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY THAT POSITION THE MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD AT THE CENTRE OF INVESTIGATIONS HAVE PUT HUMAN PRESENCE IN A COMPLEX SET OF RELATIONS, REMOVING IT FROM ITS HEGEMONIC POSITION. HOWEVER, THESE TENDENCIES DO NOT EASILY TRANSLATE TO PRACTICE, AS CONTEMPORARY CULTURE IS STILL HIGHLY DETERMINED BY POPULAR IDOLS WITH A HUGE NUM.....

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ART MAGAZIN BY CSOBOTH DORKA

WESSELY'S KORTEX EXHIBITION IS HYBRID IN TERMS OF TECHNÉ, OPERATING WITH MARBLE SCULPTURE, PHOTO AND VIDEO WORK, LIGHT, SOUND, AND SPACE, LAYERING AND ANALYZING PRIMARILY THE MEDIUMS THEMSELVES, THEIR MODUS OPERANDI, AND CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND IN THEIR OPERATION, THE PRODUCT, THE ARTWORK. WHAT THE MACHINERY PRODUC... (TRANSLATED FROM HUNGARIAN)

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HYPEBEAST BY KEITH ESTILER

WESSELY INVITES VIEWRS INTO A CAPTIVATING BRUTALIST ENVIRONMENT ADORNED WITH MARBLE SCULPTURES, ETHEREAL LIGHT PILLARS, EVOCATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, CUTTING-EDGE 3D TECHNOLOGY, AND DYNAMIC PROJECTIONS. AT THE HEART OF THIS PROJECT LIES WESSELY’S EXPLORATION OF IDOLATRY IN THE MODERN WORLD, DELVING INTO THE INTRICATE DYNAMICS BETWEEN ICONS AND THEIR WORS....

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VOGUE SCANDINAVIA BY SAKSIA NEUMAN

“ARTIST OF THE A-LISTERS”

I MEET ALEXANDER WESSELY ON A NON-DESCRIPT STREET, ON THE EDGE OF A BOUGIE PART OF TOWN, IN A SMALL BROWN BRICK BUILDING. UPON ENTERING HIS OFFICE/STUDIO I’M CONFRONTED WITH SCULPTURES IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS, LITERALLY TOWERING OVER ME, NOT UNLIKE THE ARTIST HIMSELF, A VERY TALL MAN. I IMMEDIATELY DETECT A SENSE-BOGGLING CONFIGURATION OF INCENSE IN THE ATMO...

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V MAGAZINE BY ANNA MONTAGNER

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST ALEXANDER WESSELY HAS SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF INTERNATIONALLY, ACROSS MULTIPLE REALMS. HE HAS BECOME A SYNONYM FOR THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVE PRODUCTION AND VISUAL ARTS–AN INCREDIBLE ENDEAVOR THAT BRINGS TOGETHER HIS CONTEMPORARY YET CLASSIC AESTHETIC. WESSELY, IN FACT, OFTEN REFERS TO HIS GR...

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SVENSKA DAGBLADET  BY TOM CEHLIN MAGNUSSON

THE PRIMARY CONCERN LIES IN ITS SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHT OF 250 KILOGRAMS. THE SCULPTURE SLATED FOR INSTALLATION, CRAFTED FROM SOLID MARBLE, NECESSITATES THE.. (TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH)

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DAGENS NYHETER BY AMANDA ÅSTRÖM

“HE PEELS OFF THE OUTER LAYERS OF HUMANITY.”

THE TITLE ROUGHLY MEANS 'OUTER LAYER,' AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT ALEXANDER WESSELY AIMS TO REACH. HE SEEKS TO PEEL AWAY LAYERS OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS TO EXPOSE THE RAW, INNER CORE OF HUMANITY. THROUGH MARBLE SCULP... (TRANSLATED FROM SWEDISH)

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ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE BY ALEX LESGE

THE INTERSECT OF CLASSICAL GREEK SCULPTURE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY – THE ULTRA-OLD MEETS THE ULTRA-NEW. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY MAKES THE WORLD A GLOBAL VILLAGE, YET QUESTIONS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY ARE MORE PREVALENT IN THE ACTUAL PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAN EVER BEFORE. IN THIS EXHIBITION, ALEXANDER WESSELY BREAKS WITH THE PAST WHILE AT THE SAM...

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