Exhibition: Friday November 15th-Sunday, January 5th
Opening Party: Friday November 15th 8pm-11pm

Synesthesia is pleased to present this selection of large-scale sculptures by Brooklyn-based artist Chris Marshall.

There is an uncanny “stage-like” and theatrical quality to Marshall’s sculptures. Incorporating everyday objects such as refrigerator bags, rusting pipes, bathtubs, sheets, beds, and more; Marshall builds an architecture of the unconscious, which is simultaneously familiar and surreal.

Corporeal forms, draped-over, housed-within, and emerging through space, appear suspended in a timeless battle with gravity, utility, and individuation.

Marshall renders his sculptural compositions via a process of dissecting, fragmenting, and then reconstituting each element into a unified whole. Often painting, stripping, bleaching, binding, or corroding the surfaces of these elements, his practice is akin to a patient and durational alchemy.

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About the artist:

Christopher Scott Marshall (b.1980, in Spokane, WA) is a Brooklyn based sculptor, painter, and illustrator. Academically trained as a painter, Marshall made a bold transition to sculptural media approximately 10 years ago. Seeking out a more embodied methodology for his practice, sculpture became a revitalizing and dynamic vehicle to execute his concepts.

He has been featured in solo and group shows in both New York and Los Angeles, as well as internationally. Marshall received a Master’s Degree at the New York Academy of Art in 2009, and has been awarded residencies in Germany, Iceland, Norway and the U.S. He will be a part of the Pouch Cove Foundation residency in the summer of 2020.
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Website: christopherscottmarshall.com