Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries presents
CHRIS J. RUSSO
These two pieces are from a series titled, “A Lover’s Discourse,” inspired by the book of the same name, written by French philosopher Roland Barthes. The book is a psychological exploration of romantic longing, the broken heart and what it means to love. My photographs are a visual reinterpretation from the perspective of a lesbian lover’s inner monologue.
Chris J. Russo is a queer multi-disciplinary artist living in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited at AC Gallery in Hollywood, The Artist Tree in West Hollywood, and at ACCA Gallery, Beverly Hills. Her award-winning films have screened at Sundance and hundreds of film festivals internationally.
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How Blue The Sky Was
2019
25” x 38”
Archival pigment photo print
Edition of 25
$1,800 with white shadowbox frame
$900 unframed
![](https://culturalarts.lalgbtcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CJ-Russo-Show-Me-Whom-To-Desire.jpg)
Show Me Whom To Desire
Show Me Whom To Desire
2020
24” x 37”
Archival pigment photo print
Edition of 9
$2,500 with white shadowbox frame
$1,500 unframed