Russell Young

RUSSELL YOUNG IS A BRITISH-AMERICAN ARTIT BEST KNOWN FOR HIS LARGE SILKSCREEN PAINITNGS USING IMAGERY DRAWN FROM RECENT HISTORY AND POPULAR CULTURE. BORN IN YORKSHIRE, YOUNG FIRST GOT HIS BREAK BY PHOTOGRAPHING GEORGE MICHEAL. SINCE THEN, HE HAS BUILT A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH HIS CELEBRITY POP CULTURE SCREENPRINTS - CAPTURING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FAMOUS AND REACH ICON STATUS WHILE MAINTING A SINCERITY AT ITS CORE. YOUNG'S WORKS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED GLOBALLY, INCLUDING THE MODERN ART MUSEUM SHANGHAI AND THE MULTIMEDIA ART MUSEUM IN MOSCOW. 

ON THE FLIP SIDE OF CELEBRITY CULTURE, YOUNG IS FASCINATED BY NATURE AND CAN SPEND HIS DAYS ROUGHING IT OUTDOORS, AWAY FROM THE "LAND THAT ISN'T REAL." HIS NEWEST WORK INCLUDES A CLOSER EXAMINATION WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF LIVING, INCLUDING CLOSE UPS OF DUTCH MASTER PAINTINGS OF FLOWERS AND SCREENPRINTS EXAMINING SOON TO BE EXTINCT ANIMALS. YOUNG IS AN EXPLOSION OF INTROSPECTIVITY AND POINTS A MIRROR TO OUR WORLD THROUGH HIS ART.