Alex Kuznetsov

Alex Kuznetsov

Alex Kuznetsov (b. 1978) is a Lisbon-based artist whose work engages abstraction as a method of resistance  to speed, to spectacle, to surface legibility. His compositions emerge through slow, layered processes where gesture, duration, and structure become inseparable.

Rather than images, they are conditions: constructed surfaces that unfold over time, inviting prolonged attention and physical presence. Using industrial tools such as an aluminum straightedge, Kuznetsov builds fields of repetition and friction that resist immediacy.

Grounded in rhythm, accumulation, and material weight, his practice is deliberately open in form, spanning painting, object-based work, and language. In a culture driven by acceleration, his work stands still  not as retreat, but as proposition. A slower tempo. A deeper look.