Christopher Russell 

at Mark Moore Gallery

Aftermath #4, 2014

As the poet William Butler Yeats wrote in his seminal poem, The Second Coming, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” Christopher Russell understands this concept better than most. His recent exhibition, “GRFALWKV” attests to a strikingly groundless universe devoid of color where the known world has been deliberately invaded, scraped, scratched and even hacked, creating a vaguely ominous series of images. Russell has achieved an unsettling seductiveness here, yet one can’t help but wonder when considering a work like “Aftermath #4” are the hungry wolves, both literal and figurative, calling us home to the fold once and for all?

 –Eve Wood

Mark Moore Gallery
Christopher Russell
GRFALWKV
5790 Washington Blvd. 
Culver City, CA 90232
April 5 – May 3, 2014