Juxtapoz Magazine – Nathaniel Russell “Something About the Sun” @ Gallery 16, SF

“San Francisco and the West Coast are magical areas that encourage and enrich in different ways, but I find most of my suggestions come from going for walks and contemplating and reading and listening to audio… All these will work of mine – paintings, prints, posters, flyers, etcetera. – are nearly notes to myself. I am not normally optimistic or constructive. I’m typically angry or pissed off or exhausted. A whole lot of these parts are reminders to myself to try to be better and to attempt to make factors less complicated for myself and many others. There is so considerably awful shit in the globe that I need a voice whispering in my ear telling me that all is not misplaced.“

Nathaniel Russell’s modern paintings and prints carry on to take a look at themes of stress and anxiety, hope, and compassion in this contemporary environment. These will work make use of on an curiosity in graphic design and drawing as evidence of human imperfection and are an invitation to meditate on complex emotions. His function is broadly well-liked in both of those the gallery world and the graphic artwork sphere acquiring intended Guides, File Albums, illustrations for the New York Occasions, and his viral Phony Flier job. Frequently applying humor as an entry issue, Russell provokes viewers to think about their position in the universe. His clever text and bold graphics illuminate unhappy truths of present-day lifestyle, as properly as empower- ing values. These themes of hope, reflection and transcendence acquire on a distinct importance against a modern day backdrop of cultural disconnection and distraction.

This exhibition will be Nathaniel Russell’s 3rd exhibition with Gallery 16.