{"id":22236,"date":"2017-09-22T13:03:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=22236"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:13:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:13:17","slug":"millennial-pink-and-the-parallel-universe-of-fei-alexelis-collages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/millennial-pink-and-the-parallel-universe-of-fei-alexelis-collages\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennial Pink and the Parallel Universe of Fei Alexeli\u2019s Collages"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Amsterdam-based artist Fei Alexeli’s<\/a>\u00a0universe, Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 and planted a pink flag in the crunchy, frozen crust of the moon. Her surreal collages of \u201cutopian microcosms\u201d and parallel universes incorporate geometry, architecture, vintage magazine clippings and the deliberate application of Millennial Pink.<\/p>\n

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Fei Alexeli was studying architecture at Oxford University when she discovered her love for fine art. Recently, in addition to creating buzz in The Other Art Fair<\/a> and The Affordable Art Fair<\/a>, she\u2019s been featured in an anthology of cutting-edge contemporary collage artists, <\/span>Making the Cut Volume 1: The World\u2019s Best Collage Artists <\/span><\/i>published by <\/span>Crooks Press<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexeli\u2019s work is both timely and ageless, featuring retro magazine clippings of happy homemakers and beachgoers layered and often woven into geometric, space-age scenery. Her use of pink modernizes the photographic elements, playing with gender dichotomies and stereotypes. Aside from whimsy, there\u2019s a complexity and wit in creating with the pink in the digital age, particularly after the rise of Millennial Pink<\/a>. In her artist\u2019s statement for The Affordable Art Fair (where she was represented by Retrospect Galleries<\/a>) Alexeli observes about the color: \u201cI think it is a very powerful and provocative colour which simultaneously can be very controversial\u2026 It is definitely one of the strongest associated colours and I love to play with it.<\/p>\n

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Fei Alexeli, “Welcome to Las Vegas”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As third-wave as her incorporation of pink is, it fits in with the timeless choice to create many of her collages in space, or to re-envision brutalist architecture in futuristic shades of emerald green and neon pink like in her <\/span>Brutal Utopias <\/span><\/i><\/a>series. For a European artist, Alexeli\u2019s collages often feel nostalgically and unexpectedly American – particularly in <\/span>Welcome to Las Vegas<\/span><\/i> where two women in overcoats and swimsuits stand atop a celestial mountain range in front of an iconic \u201cWelcome to Fabulous Las Vegas\u201d sign, and again in <\/span>The Dentist<\/span><\/i> where a neon pink flamingo acts as a beacon to a dentist\u2019s office surrounded by palm trees.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Red Lips and Palm Trees<\/span><\/i> is one of Alexeli\u2019s showstoppers, if only for the incorporation of Trendy Plants and Kylie Jenner-esque lips (is Kylie the new\u00a0Mae West?) popping against a blush pink backdrop \u2013 fitting digital work for the Age of Instagram. Unlike the artist\u2019s collage work that incorporates landscapes and architecture to create a sense of place, <\/span>Red Lips and Palm Trees<\/span><\/i> occupies a more intangible space – the internet. After all, that\u2019s where pink has made its gender-bending resurgence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fei Alexeli\u2019s “No Bad Days”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fei Alexeli brings a retro-visionary approach to the collage genre with space-age imagery and rose-tinted landscapes. Her use of pink softens the cold frontier of space while bringing familiar scenes to life in a parallel universe. As dreamy as they are intangible, Alexeli’s collages offer a much-needed escape to pink paradise.<\/p>\n

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photos \/\/ courtesy of the artist<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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