Christopher Russell
13 Jan - 12 Apr 2009
© Christopher Russell
Untitled, 2008
Ultrachrome print hacked with meat cleaver
24 x 36 inches
Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Brian Forrest.
Untitled, 2008
Ultrachrome print hacked with meat cleaver
24 x 36 inches
Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Brian Forrest.
CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
January 13 - April 12, 2009
Local artist Christopher Russell uses Budget Decadence, his recently completed novella, as the basis for this installation. Russell creates an all-encompassing environment that employs text, photography, and handmade books. For his debut solo museum exhibition, he invites viewers into a world where the ideas and implications of family and home take an apocalyptic turn. Wallpaper that from afar appears to be the first chapter of his novella, and a series of photographs are conceptually linked to the story. Four artist's books, intended to be handled and read by visitors, contain subsequent chapters of the novella and focus on the deepest inner workings of four related characters.
Curated by Darin Klein
Los Angeles–based artist and writer Christopher Russell received his BFA from California College of the Arts and Crafts in San Francisco in 1998 and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2004. From 2001 to 2005 Russell edited, designed, produced, and distributed the “destroy-to-enjoy” literary art zine Bedwetter. He has exhibited his work at Acuna Hansen, Los Angeles; White Columns, New York; Van Harrison Gallery (Gallery 1R), Chicago; and other venues. Landscape, a monograph on his work, was published in 2007 by Kolapsomal Press. Russell edited and wrote an essay for the catalog that accompanied his curatorial debut, Against the Grain at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in 2008. Additionally, he has written more than two dozen articles and reviews about art in Los Angeles. A version of this installation will appear in book form later this spring through 2nd Cannons Publications. Russell’s work is in various public collections, including the Getty Research Institute; New York University; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. This is his first solo museum exhibition.
January 13 - April 12, 2009
Local artist Christopher Russell uses Budget Decadence, his recently completed novella, as the basis for this installation. Russell creates an all-encompassing environment that employs text, photography, and handmade books. For his debut solo museum exhibition, he invites viewers into a world where the ideas and implications of family and home take an apocalyptic turn. Wallpaper that from afar appears to be the first chapter of his novella, and a series of photographs are conceptually linked to the story. Four artist's books, intended to be handled and read by visitors, contain subsequent chapters of the novella and focus on the deepest inner workings of four related characters.
Curated by Darin Klein
Los Angeles–based artist and writer Christopher Russell received his BFA from California College of the Arts and Crafts in San Francisco in 1998 and his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 2004. From 2001 to 2005 Russell edited, designed, produced, and distributed the “destroy-to-enjoy” literary art zine Bedwetter. He has exhibited his work at Acuna Hansen, Los Angeles; White Columns, New York; Van Harrison Gallery (Gallery 1R), Chicago; and other venues. Landscape, a monograph on his work, was published in 2007 by Kolapsomal Press. Russell edited and wrote an essay for the catalog that accompanied his curatorial debut, Against the Grain at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in 2008. Additionally, he has written more than two dozen articles and reviews about art in Los Angeles. A version of this installation will appear in book form later this spring through 2nd Cannons Publications. Russell’s work is in various public collections, including the Getty Research Institute; New York University; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. This is his first solo museum exhibition.