Alexander Squier

I am interested in cycles of construction and destruction - I think critically about my natural and built surroundings and question human legacy. My artwork is informed and inspired by ongoing observation and experience, documentation, sampling, and research of my urban environment. Through drawing and printmaking, sculptures, installation, and audio/video work, I aim create studies and scenarios that blur time, and create new contexts for reconsidering our landscape.

This is in direct dialogue with an ongoing study of nature, architecture and urban planning, of the histories embodied by our built-environment, and the relationships between people, their structures and infrastructures, and the natural landscape. How do trends in urban development, construction, and economics reflect culture or philosophy? My aim is to develop a better understanding of what forces are behind this constant state of flux, and to incite thoughtfulness regarding the decisions involved.