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Glen Rubsamen

Glen Rubsamen’s craft is painting, which he treats as a traditionally established medium. Yet what appears at first glance to be traditional is at the same time the very source of Rubsamen’s subversiveness. His scenic and artistic views invariably play out against an impressive celestial backdrop that contrasts sharply and spectacularly with the silhouette-like black figures arrayed in the foreground – figures, incidentally, that cannot move; not just because they are painted, but also because they are usually things that are rooted to the spot, such as trees, antennae, and more recently, huge billboards. In spite of their immobility, they are protagonists in the sense that they narrate so much. Their narrative comes from their role serving as representatives of overarching themes. The images appear like film stills, exuding an air of calm and drama. And they all look remarkably Californian – which is still one of the classic projections of the western imagination. —Axel Jablonski

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Choice, 2023

    acrylic on panel
    18.11 x 24.02 in (46 x 61 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, U Are What You Think About, 2022

    acrylic on panel
    24.02 x 29.92 in (61 x 76 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, In The Afterlife, 2022

    acrylic on panel
    40.16 x 29.92 in (102 x 76 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Fast Refund, 2022

    acrylic on panel
    24.02 x 29.92 in (61 x 76 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Sabado Tarde, 2021

    acrylic on panel
    29.92 x 24.02 in (76 x 61 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Amnistia Ayuda, 2021

    acrylic on panel
    24.02 x 29.92 in (61 x 76 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Bad Actors, 2020

    acrylic on wood panel
    24.02 x 29.92 in (61 x 76 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Undertow, 2020

    acrylic on panel ⁠
    24.02 x 18.11 in (61 x 46 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Inconvenient deluxe II, 2020

    Acrylic on wood
    24.02 x 18.11 in (61 x 46 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Shadow of A Doubt, 2020

    Acrylic on wood
    24.02 x 20.08 in (61 x 51 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Away. away. says hate. Closer. closer. says love., 2017

    acrylic on wood
    29.92 x 18.11 in (76 x 46 cm)

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  • Glen Rubsamen, Vandenberg, 2016

    acrylic on wood
    48.03 x 48.03 in (122 x 122 cm)

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