JOE BLOCH × ALEJANDRO CAIAZZA COLLABORATION

THE PROJECT

This collaboration brings together two distinct visual languages shaped by different cities, cultures, and emotional landscapes. Joe Bloch’s gritty, architectural surfaces collide with Alejandro Caiazza’s raw, symbolic figures. The result is work that balances structure and chaos, control and instinct, urban grit and childlike imagination.

Both artists work physically and intuitively, layering paint, materials, symbols, and emotion into surfaces that feel lived-in and human. The project explores tension and harmony, vulnerability and strength, humor and darkness, a conversation between two artists who share a commitment to authenticity and experimentation.

JOE BLOCH

Brooklyn-based artist Joe Bloch creates mixed-media acrylic paintings built from the city itself, part human, part architecture, part worn street surface. His work incorporates real-world materials like cardboard, duct tape, labels, stencils, scraps, and industrial textures.

These elements aren’t decorative, they function as structure, like armor and patchwork, echoing how urban walls get layered, repaired, and worn down over time. Figures, signage, and industrial forms overlap, blurring the line between portrait and environment.

With a background in illustration and fine art, Bloch’s bold linework meets a physical, hands-on process. Surfaces are scraped, cracked, repainted, and rebuilt until they feel tough, lived-in, and human. His work reflects grit, humor, vulnerability, and resilience shaped by the city.

ALEJANDRO CAIAZZA

Born in Santa Fé, Argentina in 1972 and raised in Venezuela, Alejandro Caiazza trained in architecture and fine arts in Caracas. After his first solo exhibition in 1999, he moved to Paris, where he lived and worked for ten years before settling in New York City.

His early work explored black, white, and grey as emotional language. Over time, he developed a more expressive visual vocabulary using symbols, figures, and color to communicate universal feelings. He works with acrylic, oil bar, charcoal, and spray paint, frequently incorporating mixed media on cardboard, canvas, and wood. His style aligns with art brut and neo-expressionism, influenced by artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Jonathan Meese, Georg Baselitz, Willem de Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and A.R. Penck. Learn more about Alejandro Caiazza.