Stigter Van Doesburg - Contemporary Art Gallery

Tariq Alvi

Tariq Alvi’s work is highly intuitive and defined by elaborate, thought-provoking, and politicized collages. Alvi recycles and re-contextualizes found printed matter in an undisputedly idiosyncratic manner as he habitually draws from newspaper and magazine advertising, in addition to ephemera of the everyday. Producing both small-format works on paper and large-scale installations alike, Alvi's meticulously assembled cutouts involve a labor-intensive process of dissection first and reconstruction later. Paper cutouts of jewelry are gathered and arranged in the likeness of a patterned carpet, for example, while bank brochures are diced up and reworked as charming paper flowers.

The works thus comprising Alvi’s oeuvre not only reconsiders the worth of disposed paper products, but it also points to the importance of neglected quotidian objects—logs, tree trunks, and coins, among other items, combine with the collages and subsequently meditate on themes of consumerism, economy, desire, and commercialism.

Tariq Alvi lives and works in London (UK).

XXX AND UNTITLED

Installation

Tariq Alvi

XXX AND UNTITLED (DETAIL)

Installation

Tariq Alvi

ALMOST

Galvanized steel, scaffolding poles, acrylic medium, magnets

Tariq Alvi

AND ROSE

Wood, mirrored tiles, galvanized steel

Tariq Alvi

AND ROSE (DETAIL)

Wood, mirrored tiles, galvanized steel

Tariq Alvi

ALMOST (DETAIL)

Galvanized steel scaffolding poles, acrylic medium, magnets

Tariq Alvi

COLLAGE 11

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

RAINBOW 28

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

REACHING FOR THE STARS

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

THE JOY OF PRICE

US one cent pieces, collaged bank brochures, pins, pink tinted fluorescent light

Tariq Alvi

THE JOY OF PRICE (DETAIL)

US one cent pieces, collaged bank brochures, pins, pink tinted fluorescent light

Tariq Alvi

THE JUNGLE 2

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

HELP

Kodak Ultra Endura matte print

Tariq Alvi

WIN A LONDON FLAT

Large scale mural

Tariq Alvi

2017	Reaching For The Beginning, Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles
2014	Backspace, Stigter Van Doesburg Gallery, Amsterdam
2014	Deep, East, Real, Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles
2010	XX, Michael Benevento Gallery, Los Angeles
2009	Hanging Matters, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco
2009	The Meaning, Chisenhale Gallery, London
2009	Badischer Kunstverien, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007	Everybody Everywhere, Cabinet, London
2005	Super Pride and Super Prejudice, Wattis Institute, San Francisco
2003	Terms and Conditions, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2002	Cabinet, London
2001	Temporary Accommodation, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2000	Gate Foundation, Amsterdam NL

2016	Marriage, Queer Thoughts, New York
2015	Duh? Art & Stupidity, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
2013	Why Is Everything The Same? Shoot the Lobster, New York
2012	Twin Town, The Korean Cultural Centre
2012	On the Correct Handling Of The Contradictions Among The People, Cabinet Gallery, London
2012	Jean Cocteau, curated by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, "30 Rooms / 30 Artists", Kunstverien Nuremberg
2012	Oxford White Cotton, Cabinet Gallery, London
2010	The Eleventh Hour, Tang Gallery, Beijing
2009	Everywhere, Sexual Diversity Policies in Art, CGAC, Galicia, Spain
2007	Open Space, Art Cologne, Germany
2006	Verisimilitude, The gallery at Wimbledon School of Art, London
2006	Wandering Star, Gana gallery, Seoul,
2006	Frieze Art Fair, Cabinet and Diana Stigter Gallery, London
2005	In the Neighbourhood of Infinity, Sixteen to One Gallery, Los Angeles
2005	Monuments for the USA, Wattis Institute, San Francisco
2005	Open Walls, White Columns, New York
2005	Between the Lines, Daniel Reich Gallery at the Chelsea Hotel, NY
2004	I can c my way Home, Space X, Exeter, UK
2004	Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, China
2003	Tender Prey, Arti et Amitcae, Amsterdam
2003	La Cinca Project, Veemvloer, Amsterdam
2002	Hotel Sub Rosa, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
2001	Prodigal Prodigy, White Box, New York
2001	Sous-Titree X, University of Rennes, France
2001	Hemorrhaging of States, Tent, Rotterdam, NL
2000	John I’m only Dancing, Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans UK
2000	Dare to Dream, Fringe Festival, Hong Kong
2000	Unlimited N.L. 3, De Appel, Amsterdam
2000	And if there were no stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2000	John I’m only Dancing, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh,
2000	Protest and Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

Wednesday - Friday	12:00-18:00
Saturday -	13:00-18:00

Tariq Alvi

XXX AND UNTITLED, 2000

XXX AND UNTITLED

Installation

Tariq Alvi

XXX AND UNTITLED (DETAIL), 2000

XXX AND UNTITLED (DETAIL)

Installation

Tariq Alvi

ALMOST, 2017

ALMOST

Galvanized steel, scaffolding poles, acrylic medium, magnets

Tariq Alvi

AND ROSE, 2017

AND ROSE

Wood, mirrored tiles, galvanized steel

Tariq Alvi

AND ROSE (DETAIL), 2017

AND ROSE (DETAIL)

Wood, mirrored tiles, galvanized steel

Tariq Alvi

ALMOST (DETAIL), 2017

ALMOST (DETAIL)

Galvanized steel scaffolding poles, acrylic medium, magnets

Tariq Alvi

COLLAGE 11, 2017

COLLAGE 11

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

RAINBOW 28, 2015

RAINBOW 28

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

REACHING FOR THE STARS, 2017

REACHING FOR THE STARS

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

THE JOY OF PRICE, 2007

THE JOY OF PRICE

US one cent pieces, collaged bank brochures, pins, pink tinted fluorescent light

Tariq Alvi

THE JOY OF PRICE (DETAIL), 2007

THE JOY OF PRICE (DETAIL)

US one cent pieces, collaged bank brochures, pins, pink tinted fluorescent light

Tariq Alvi

THE JUNGLE 2, 2007

THE JUNGLE 2

C-print, framed

Tariq Alvi

HELP, 2005

HELP

Kodak Ultra Endura matte print

Tariq Alvi

WIN A LONDON FLAT, 2009

WIN A LONDON FLAT

Large scale mural

Tariq Alvi

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