Alexander Long’s (bauhaus4lyfe) brilliant and funny gâteau-esque sculptures evoke feelings of mundanity, digital eeriness, and critiques of how much we consume – literally. With beautiful arrangements of “piping frosting” that replace the clichéd metallic and serrated edges of modern sculpture, Alexander’s sculptures are refreshingly twee and endearingly strange – the images encased within these decorations range from the humorously pointless; cowboy boots, decorative knives, and stone pillars to liminally digital; night vision footage, stock imagery and thermography. “Growing up on the rural edge of Fresno, I became acutely aware of the aesthetics of American capitalism as the land around us was bought by developers and turned into tract housing and retail chains, forming a kind of corporate monoculture,” shares Alexander. “I’m interested in how these corporations advertise and use imagery to manufacture desire, and in what is actually being sold.” Designing around the idea of ca...