SQRRL
Solo show
Bridget Donahue Gallery
New York
Nov 14–Jan 10 2016
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TEXT ‘SQRRL’, Rhizome, 2015, published online Dec 2015 – Jan 2016.
Archived at http://webenact.rhizome.org/sqrrl
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[Excerpt] John Russell, ‘SQRRL/BRUCE WILLIS’ 2015 Animated film. 45 Minutes.
With additional soundtrack music by THRAPE.
Transformational Joy, 2014
Wood, metal, mixed media sculpture
226.06 x 106.68 x 101.60 cm
Mirror Mapping the Stars, 2015
Back-lit digital print on vinyl, wood, hardware and fluorescent lights
248.92 cm x 18.29 m x 58.42 cm
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REVIEWS
Alan Gilbert, ‘John Russell, SQRRL/BRUCE WILLIS', vdrome, 2- 18 February, 2016.
Domenick Ammirati, ‘A taxonomy of non-sense’, Mousse Magazine, no 52, February 2016.
Peter Plagens, ‘Mysterious Creatures, 3D Printing and Mixed Media’, Wall Street Journal, January 1 2016
Alan Gilbert, ‘John Russell’s “SQRRL”’, Art Agenda, January 5 2016
Martha Schwendener, ‘John Russell’s ‘Sqrrl’ Embodies a Science Fiction Journey’, New York Times, December 24, 2015.
Nick Irvin, ‘John Russell BRIDGET DONAHUE’, Frieze Online, Dec 14.
Celine Katzman, John Russell’s SQRRL, Rhizome Blog, Dec 07.
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Untitled (Abstraction of Labour Time/ External Recurrence/Monad) III, 2015
Photopolymer etching, 76.20 x 58.42 cm
SQRRL/BRUCE WILLIS, 2015 (still)
Untitled (Abstraction of Labour Time/ External Recurrence/Monad) II, 2015
Oil on digital print on canvas, 157.48 x 127.00 cm
Dan Mitchell and John Russell, EasyJet / Flies, 2015 (detail)
Mobile with plastic flies and model EasyJet planes, Dimensions Variable
Untitled (Box), 2015
Oil on cardboard packaging, 20.96 x 13.97 x 6.35 cm