An illustration of four people sitting in a car, seen from behind. They are surrounded by bold shades of purple and pink, with a landscape of red hills and green trees visible through the windows.

Alex Gibbs is back and better than ever with unexpected material

Words: Holly Wilkins
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Date: 24 May 2013; Work
Art
Illustration

Six months on from featuring this lovely chap on our site, Alex Gibbs has hopped across the world to do a residency in China, where he has been given a room in The China Academy of Art situated in Hangzhou. He tells us he leads a simple life producing work on unlikely material like newspapers, hotel pads and greaseproof paper. Away from sexual exploitation and other dark things we showed you last year, he has progressed to colour popping scenes of Chinese life.

From cutting hair, playing video games and rollerskating, there ain’t no seedy sex acts going on here. Now, aren’t you glad we brought him back to your attention? Yes, yes you are.