The following text is from Interview Magazine, December 2013

"Alex Da Corte" by Christopher Bollen

Unquestionably, 29-year-old artist Alex Da Corte is an heir to the American school of pop. But Da Corte, who was born in Camden, New Jersey, also lived in Caracas, Venezuela, until he was eight, and some of South America's appreciation for bright, lysergic colors, swirling surfaces, andcelebratory life-and-death imagery can be seen in his rambunctious multimedia productions. "There is a certaindecorative motif to Latin American culture that inspires me," he says. "Like the festive nature of the Day of the Dead and the life-size piñatas with lots of sequins and glitz."

Da Corte, who is currently at Yale University ge...