Paul Russo Black Abstracts : "Paul Russo's work has the ability to span the whole range of abstract painting- from the Suprematist work of the Russian painter Malevich (White on White) to the abstract drip paintings of Pollock and the minimalist black geometrics of Ad Reinhardt - in one fell swoop. What Paul brings to his paintings is so unusual, but obvious, that one wonders why it took so long for it to happen... The result is startlingly original, and both distancing and involving at the same time." -Dennis Carroll, co-owner of the Apex Gallery, Asbury Park New Jersey, USA ( 2007) "Alcibiades" 40.2x 20.1cm Latex caulk sculpture (2009) State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece Permanent Collection (acquisition pending) "Ilaria's Secret" on exhibit at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview Texas "Dandy" on exhibit at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto PA "Metropolis" and "Aix" on exhibit at the Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville NJ Sincere thanks to: Maria Tsantsanoglou, Director- State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece Theodore Markoglou, Assistant Curator- State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Greece Mary Pixley, Curator-Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia Maggi Owens, Curator-Chapman University Permanent Collection, Orange California Gail Stavitsky, Chief Curator-Montclair Art Museum, Montclair New Jersey Rose Hu, Acquisitions Division-National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung Taiwan R.O.C. Tony Hardesty, Registrar-Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro Kentucky Isin Onol, Manager-Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul Turkey Allys Palladino-Craig, Director-Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University Tallahassee David Reutter, Museum Registrar-Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala Florida Robbin Zella, Director-Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport Connecticut Renee Hawkins, Director-Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview Texas Myra Janco Daniels, Founder, Chairman and CEO-Naples Museum of Art, Naples Florida Jacqueline H. Zorn, Registrar-Naples Museum of Art, Naples Florida Nicholas Price, Reynolds Gallery at Westmont College, Montecito California Peter Spooner, Curator-Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth Carol Emert, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions-Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University Topeka Kansas Bobby Moore, Interim Curator-Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto Pennsylvania Mary Birmingham, Director of Exhibitions-Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton New Jersey Heather Lovewell, Curator-Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University Davenport Iowa Photo by Denis Randall Graphic by Linda Holler
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