EXHIBITION ESSAY

A Life and a Vibrancy
By
Kene JR Rosa

The works of Noel Alumit reflect his spiritual and intuitive connection to color and shape.

His portraits, like those painted by Alex Katz, are flat shape color that are composed in a way to create a human face. The surrounding colors of the background envelop the subjects like auras created by a Chakra chart. The figures are simple, direct and inviting.

Alumit’s faces draw you in to ask questions about the subject. The bright colors that surround the figures in the works make them jump off the surface of their matrix.

Noel uses box cardboard among his vehicles to paint on. The cardboard is a sort of call to notice that even on usually disposable materials, beauty can be found. The faces are both naive and sophisticated and the stark-bare colors and contours can also remind one of the ink line drawings and lithographs by Matisse.

Noel has also turned his talent to photography. The eight archival pigment prints presented in this exhibition show Alumit’s attention to shape and form. In his “Jack” photographs he uses the human body to create shapes and space that asks the viewer to redefine the obvious. His landscapes are imbued with atmospheric color and light that adds a layer of mystery to an already complex image.

To sum up, the works of Nel Alumit have a life and a vibrancy of their own. They sparkle with color and exude a mystic feeling of the Chakra power that we all possess.