Opera Gallery Geneva presents Falling in Place, an exhibition by American-Canadian artist Alex Sutcliffe. Born in Chicago in 1997 and based in Halifax, Canada, Sutcliffe unveils a series of 15 works reinterpreting traditional painting in the digital age.

Drawing inspiration from the digital world, Sutcliffe integrates it into a traditional artistic approach, emphasizing gesture and material. His works blend pictorial heritage with fleeting digital fragments, transforming historical paintings found online. Through techniques like blurring, smudging, and erasing, he reinvents these images on canvas, adding tactile depth beyond digital reproduction.

Sutcliffe's meticulous layering technique, resembling a “digital eraser,” reveals hidden layers and contrasts blurred areas with sharp contours. This interplay evokes both ancient stained glass and digital interference, reaffirming the materiality of painting in a digital era.

Falling in Place bridges tradition and innovation, exploring painting's enduring relevance in a fast-paced, virtual world. Sutcliffe's unique vision redefines painting as a medium of perpetual evolution, connecting the past and present through a contemporary lens.