January 17 - February 13, 2024
📍Salon 21, 52 Greene Street, Floor 3, New York, NY, 10013
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Salon 21 is pleased to present “Get The Look,” a solo exhibition by Alex Leav, opening to the public on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. Alex Leav’s oeuvre primarily addresses the concept of identity as it relates to the contemporary digital landscape. Working mostly with oil on canvas, she explores questions regarding the modern individual, such as the distinction between the authentic self and the digital or ideal self. Leav explores how social media can reshape our understanding of individuality through its necessitation of self-branding, promoting, and consumerism. For more details, download our press release.

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Alex Leav

Alex Leav (b. 1997) is a painter living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2019 and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in 2022. Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at Grove, London and Ki Smith Gallery, New York. She has participated in group exhibitions at My Pet Ram, New York; New Collectors, New York; Laura Fuchs Art Advisory, New York; ArtsClub, New York; Monti8, Rome; and Hasbrook Galleries.