Alex Brewer uses line, shape and gesture to create his abstract compostions. A pure abstractionist, the artist used rollers, spray and house paint to create this raw and energetic mural. Many of his larger works are composed of countless layers of flat color fields and shapes, textured brushwork, dripping spray and diluted latex, mercurial lines and polka dots for maximal works that never go too far: “I’d like to continue to push contemporary painting and what that can be. I’m focused on pushing myself as well as the viewer.” says Brewer. This mural covers six stories of the historic Madison Building in Downtown Detroit.

Brewer has exhibited in the High Museum of Art and is part of their permanent collection; and Alabama’s Wiregrass Museum of Art, presenting works both inside and outside the museum walls. Brewer’s commissioned works continue to spread globally, including captivating site-specific pieces for Taiwan’s ‘Very Fun Park’ via the Fubon Art Foundation; a grain silo in Northam, Western Australia curated by FORM; the ISIL Institute in Peru; and the Frank Gehry-designed Facebook Inc. Global Headquarters in Menlo Park, California.