Alex Da Corte's date paintings are a series of photos made with objects collected on the day the painting is named after—in this case, Halloween 2006. The objects—an egg, a straw, a dollar bill—were collected, dreamed of, or experienced on that date. For Da Corte, "They offer wetness, desire, heat, and touch without giving much access at all. Like an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog." 



Alex Da Corte was born in Camden, NJ in 1981 and currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. He received his BFA from the University of the Arts and his MFA from Yale University in 2010. Da Corte has recently mounted solo shows and presentations at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Artspeak, Vancouver; mother’s tankstation, Dublin; and Nudashank, Baltimore. His work has been shown at MoMA PS1, the Museum of Modern Art, and the deCordova Museum, and he has participated extensively in gallery and non-profit exhibitions in New York, Philadelphia, and internationally. In 2012, Da Corte was named a Pew Fellow in the Arts by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Philadelphia, PA. Da Corte will present a solo booth of new work at NADA New York in May 2013. He is represented by Joe Sheftel Gallery in New York City.