It has been 10 years since Alex Bay exhibited here at Parish Gallery, the earlier exhibition was centered on a large installation “Canaletto’s House” which was erected in the Canal Square piazza.  He used technological means to express a profound nostalgia and a jaundiced view of modern life.  His present work omits technology, but is composed of works that have an aura of timelessness.  Today he uses any material or process, which will further communication: steel, fiberglass, wood, fabric, rubber, paint, paper, found objects and trash.  His tools are computers, video cameras, and electric arc welding machines, as well as brushes, chisels and hammers.  Bay is largely self-taught and his work evinces a tension between painting and sculpture and reflects a passion for materials and constructions.  
 

Bay pairs abstract painting with recessed sculptural constructions set in blackened cells.  The three dimensional elements are crude rusted steel or tin forms, and are intended to serve as foils for the more elegant paintings.  The two are forms are ying and yang.

Bay has shown in the Washington, DC area for many years and is also affiliated with the Caelum Gallery in Chelsea, New York and the New Light Gallery in Abingdon, VA.  He has exhibited in numerous exhibitions, both one man and group shows for over 20 years.