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Russell Floersch: Unseen at 57W57 Arts

Field , 2011-12, acrylic, graphite and modeling paste on canvas and canvas collage, 17 x 19 in. Saltbox , 2009-14, acrylic and modeling paste on canvas and paper  mâché , 21 x 19 in. From the Press Release: 57W57Arts  is pleased to present “ Unseen ,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Russell Floersch . The title owes some of its meaning to several works that were begun twenty years ago and never exhibited. In our  Waiting Room  project space, Floersch shows for the first time, a group of small canvasses he characterizes as Reconstructions. Although most of these were begun in 1997, many have been completed in the last few years. They combine found photo fragments that are taped to the surface of small abstractions. Floersch uses a flat paint meant to evoke humble wall surfaces, and typically reworks paintings for several years­­­partly out of a restless search, and because he identifies with what Chantal Akerman might have meant by ch...