D l alvarez biography of rory

Much of today's Conceptual art seems to be about spectacle. In the past, some of D-L Alvarez' work has fallen into this category (or pit). In general though, his work displays a subversive intellectual rigour and a refreshing attention to technique.

Alvarez' oeuvre often conjures the spirit of his Conceptual predecessors.

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In an installation a few years ago, What I Was Wearing (1997), he wrapped a balustrade with shreds of his clothes which he had daily ripped from his body, like a live-action, slo-mo performance of Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase (1912).

He is also known for his elaborate, hand-drawn paint-by-number scenes, in which numbers correspond not to colours but to words such as 'weapon' or 'white lies'.

In this show, which was entitled 'Chorus', Alvarez - using objects, drawings and videos - addressed the absurdity of humankind's attempt to mimic or alter nature simply because we think we can.

Like a refrain or a chorus, two images recur throughout t