Alexander Carver’s imagery is imbued with the dramas and desires of the human, tracked through an unremittingly tactile focus on the transformative capabilities of the body. Medieval woodcuts displaying all manner of torture and primitive surgical procedures are fused with techno-fetishistic references to surgical robotics, ‘screen’ space, and design patents. Despite the oppressive overabundance of misery contained within these source materials, the paintings themselves become a fertile ground for the cultivation of aesthetic pleasure and humor.

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