Louis K. Meisel, New York gallerist and coiner of the phrase Photorealism 2018
While there are a great many artist with the patience and physical skills to create beautiful detailed realist paintings, there are very few I consider to be “post modern", contemporary and history making. I am always looking for new ideas in Imagery, composition, technique, surface, scale, content and of course ideas. While it is late now for any artist to be called a Photorealist, Giles Alexander has all the qualities of, and is making paintings, which do qualify him to be carrying on the overall line of art history associated with this genre I have devoted my career to. The response to his work in its inaugural showings on 57th street in the centre of the art world, and in my booth at Art Miami (attended by close to 100,000 viewers), and the comments and responses therein, have proven this to me.