Solo Exhibition

I will be having a solo exhibition, GRFALWKV, at Mark Moore Gallery, 5790 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA. The exhibition opens on April 5, 2014 to May 3, 2014. The reception is on April 5 from 6:00-8:00 pm.

The catalog is available for purchase from the gallery, or to download freely:
http://issuu.com/markmooregallery/docs/statements27_final

Additional images and details:
http://www.markmooregallery.com/exhibitions/2014-04-05_christopher-russell/

Landscape has been included in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's third and final volume on the history of the photo book. This has been an extremely influential series, and it's a special honor to see this work affirmed in such a well respected project.

A New Relationship

I am very pleased to anounce that I am now represented by Mark Moore Gallery. While I'm always happy to answer questions about process and intention, any inquiries about availability or purchase should be directed to the gallery.

They put together a nice page of images of my work: http://www.markmooregallery.com/artists/christopher-russell/ 
Please check it out. 

Pattern Book by Insert Blanc Press

A collection of my short-story-wallpaper-patterns has finally arrived! The book involves 5 short stories, each designed as a historical wallpaper pattern adding a visual element to the emotional tone of the story. Each piece is designed around the interplay of text and image, displaying a block of text that tries to strike a balance between the legibility of the image and the legibility of the text. This compromise is followed by a few pages that are "wallpapered", covered completely in a tiny repeating pattern composed of letters too small to read. The  readers focus is shifted completely to the flow of the pattern across the page. Finally, the image gives way to a large-size, colorful text from which no clear pattern can emerge, but which retains everything necessary to recreate the intricate patterns of the previous pages. And there are exquisite essays by Holly Myers and Kevin Killian!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0981462375/ref=mw_dp_img?is=l&qid=1360096252&sr=8-1

For the next few days you can catch a survey of 10 years of my book works at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary building, as a part of the LA Art Book Fair.

In The Make

Please check out inthemake.net. There is an interview, and some really nice pictures of me in the studio. It is currently on the front page of their site, though in time it will be moved to the archives. This is a great project put together by Klea McKenna and Nikki Grattan. They interview and photograph different types of artists to gather insight about what it means to make art. They are very nice, respectful, and I enjoyed working with them. You might also recognize some of the other artists they've interviewed, or find their archive to be an interesting resource.

San Francisco Reading

I will be reading at Second Floor Projects in San Francisco, 3740 25th street, no.205. San Francisco, on December the 4th at 3:00 pm. Please come by and hear a selection from my new book, Sniper.

If you can't make it, but would like to check out the book It's available in the following locations:

Toronto: Art Metropole (online ordering for Canadians)
New York: Printed Matter (online ordering available)
Los Angeles: MOCA Bookstore
Los Angeles:Hammer Bookstore
Los Angeles: Skylight Books (Under New Fiction or in their art book shop.)
Los Angeles: Luis De Jesus (La Cienega Blvd.)
Los Angeles: 2nd Cannons at LTD (Sunset Blvd.)
San Diego: Double Break
Internet: Amazon.com (a fresh batch just shipped, so if you're in America, but not near New York or So. Cal they in a few days they should be fully stocked.)