# Alex Arcadia

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**Alex Arcadia** is an American painter, [sculptor](/source/Sculptor) and [conceptual artist](/source/Conceptual_artist). His self-titled [cosmology](/source/Cosmology) "Arcadia" provides the framework for his large scale paintings, [sculptures](/source/Sculptures) and [installations](/source/Installation_art), which are both post-Warholian [pop](/source/Pop_culture), and deviant in the [readymade](/source/Readymade) tradition of [Marcel Duchamp](/source/Marcel_Duchamp).

Arcadia is best known[citation needed] for his "SuperGymnast" image, an erotically charged [goddess](/source/Goddess) and recurring central figure of power in his work. In the mid-1990s the SuperGymnast was planted by the tens of thousands throughout the streets of New York City as a [tag](/source/Graffiti), quickly making the [symbol](/source/Symbol) synonymous with the identity of the artist.[citation needed]

Arcadia debuted the SuperGymnast as sculpture atop his "Temple of Fame" (1999–2000). Artifacts from "Temple of Fame" were featured in his first New York City solo exhibition at Stefan [Stux Gallery](/source/Stux_Gallery) in 2001 entitled "SuperGymnast", reviewed in the *New York Times*.[1]

Arcadia appears in filmmaker [Ondi Timoner](/source/Ondi_Timoner)'s 2007 documentary *We Live In Public*, a film centered on the millennial art and performance event called *Quiet*, which was produced by Arcadia's friend, collector, and internet figure [Josh Harris](/source/Josh_Harris_(entrepreneur)), and took place in downtown [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) (1999–2000) during the last days of the [dot-com boom](/source/Dot-com_bubble).[citation needed]

Alex Arcadia continues to define a new mythology he calls Bright Shiny Future (BSF).

He lives and works in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).

## References

1. Johnson, Ken (February 16, 2001). ["ART IN REVIEW; Alex Arcadia -- 'Super-Gymnast'"](https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E2D81230F935A25751C0A9679C8B63). *The New York Times*. Retrieved April 23, 2010.

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