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ROBERT RUSSELL
3 February - 12 March 2022
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Miles McEnery Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent paintings by Robert Russell. The artist’s inaugural exhibition at the gallery will open on 3 February at 520 West 21st Street and remain on view through 12 March 2022. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital catalogue featuring an essay by Naomi Lev.
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Robert RussellTeacup #26, 2021Oil on canvas60 x 60 inches
152.4 x 152.4 cm -
"The six teacup paintings in this exhibition transform the original object and source material in radical ways. First and foremost, the found teacup images are altered in dimensions to fit the large and perfectly square canvases. Furthermore, Russell fine tunes the colors and brightness of these newly enlarged objects. By altering the sizes and hues to an extreme, these impressive photorealistic objects appear larger than life: glamorous, vibrant, shiny, charismatic, and present. When viewed from a distance, the teacups look three dimensional and exuberant, but as we zoom in and physically approach them, other qualities are revealed."
- Naomi Lev in "A Delicate Life"
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Robert Russell Studio, 2022, Los Angeles, CA
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Robert RussellTeacup #28, 2021Oil on canvas50 x 50 inches
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Robert Russell Studio, 2022, Los Angeles, CA
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Robert Russell in his Studio, 2022, Los Angeles, CA
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