Runaway

by Christopher Russell

The catalog for Christopher Russell's exhibition at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles details a set of drawings, photographic manipulations and fictional pieces written about a childhood scheme to run away from home. The text begins with a catalog of monsters, trying to give scientific classification to the imaginary, while establishing a sense of unrest. This chapter is followed by a list of materials required for running away. The narrative then moves on to trial runs, where the lead character finds inspiration in a neighborhood dog. The character transforms to an aesthete, cataloging sites from the road while hitchhiking. The text ends in a depiction of a new society, an attempt at utopia within a backdrop of apocalyptic ruin. The images created alongside the story deal with tensions between indoors and outdoors, the social values ascribed to repeating patterns and the emotional promise of wild forms. Abstracted sailing ships act as reminders of romantic imagination, the mysteries of the sea and the unanswerable question of what s beyond the horizon. Essay by Mathew Timmons

68 pages, Paperback

Published October 23, 2010

About the author

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Christopher Russell is an experienced piano teacher and former student of Phyllis Sellick.