Alexi Worth's 'Green Glass Doors' Exhibition at DC Moore Gallery Explores Transparency and Illusion

Alexi Worth's solo exhibition 'Green Glass Doors' at DC Moore Gallery in New York City ran from March 26 to April 25, 2015, featuring six paintings unified by a Coke-bottle green palette and similar dimensions. The works depict glass doors that might belong to condominiums or boutique shops, though their specific identities remain ambiguous as Worth focuses on their formal qualities. Using airbrushed acrylic on nylon mesh or Mylar, the artist creates layered spaces where illusionistic imagery overlaps with the actual material support. Translucent areas reveal stretchers and walls behind the canvas, generating conflicting perspectives that resist synchronization into a coherent whole. Painting '365' (2015) exemplifies this tension with a trompe l'oeil door view contradicted by the visible depth of its stretchers, preventing any single viewpoint from dominating. Voyeurism emerges as a recurring theme, evident in works like 'Green Bedroom' which portrays anonymous lovers in intimate moments, their heads cropped outside the frame. This motif reflects the dual desire to be seen and to obstruct viewing, mirroring the experience of peering through locked glass doors. The paintings oscillate between reality and illusion, never settling as mere architectural studies or erotic imagery, instead acting as veils between two modes of perception.