Albert Alvarez's style pays tribute to ancient Chinese brush painting and masters of the German Renaissance.

Credit: Courtesy Photo / Albert Alvarez The works in this Thursday's closing reception for "Know Body," a solo exhibition of new creations by Albert Alvarez at Un Grito Gallery, were produced, as the artist puts it, in a society obsessed with image and status without mindfulness or the wisdom of self-awareness.

This state becomes ubiquitous, but Alvarez argues one can learn to see that none of this fiction actually represents one's own self.