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Aftermath #7 by Christopher Russell, 2013; pigment print scratched with a razor, spray paint; 14 x 18 inches
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The Challenge Wind Makes XVI by Christopher Russell, 2014, pigment print scratched with a razor, 40 x 30 inches
Exhibition
Christopher Russell: Escape from LA
5 Apr 2017 – 13 May 2017
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 929 NW Flanders St
- Portland
Oregon - 97209
- United States
Travel Information
- one block from the NW 10th and NW Glisan streetcar stop
Russell’s debut exhibition at Upfor features projects made since leaving Los Angeles, as his practice became slower, incorporating laborious scratching of print surfaces with material experimentation.
About
Christopher Russell has regularly reinvented his practice to avoid easy categorization. He made his mark in Los Angeles with irreverent installations of altered photographs paired with transgressive, fictional texts, sharing the chaotic aesthetic of his notorious 'zine Bedwetter. As Russell traveled the country, eventually settling in Portland, his work became slower, combining laborious scratching of the print surface with other layers of material experimentation. Russell’s debut exhibition at Upfor highlights four projects developed during this nomadic period with a special presentation of images from his 1996 body of work, Landscape, hidden camera images of strangers meeting for sex in the bushes of a San Francisco park.
