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Alex Colville
Born in Toronto, Ontario, 24 August 1920

“I do have a fear of chaos and a strong sense of the fragility of civilization.”
– Alex Colville, 1983

Precise. Meticulous. Crisp. The work of Alex Colville is austere in its stark realism. The immediacy of a moment, the intensity of the present, and the impermanence of life – translated through the eyes of the artist into a controlled, frozen scene.

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