TERRY LA RUETake a look at a selection of Terry La Rue's work — photographs and prints shaped by close observation, quiet scenes, and the discipline of looking.
Featured Prints
"Untitled" is a photograph etching by Terry La Rue in which a hardshell face mask tips on its side among a bed of rocks, its vacant stare opening onto the empty space behind the eyes. In front of it, a doll's hand raises one finger for a praying mantis to rise from, another settling into the coils of a spiral stone. Through close framing and quiet arrangement, La Rue draws familiar objects into an uneasy study of form and attention. Printed on 12 x 8 inch paper.
"Head Spider" (2021) is a photograph etching by Terry La Rue in which a sculpted man's face lies mirrored across still water, a large spider spread over it from brow to jaw. Through a ninety-degree turn of the frame, the face reads as both sinking into the liquid and rising out of it, its expression unchanged against a soft, indistinct ground. Printed on 18 x 12 inch paper.
Featured Prints
"Untitled" (2021) is a photograph etching by Terry La Rue that sets a skull and an inverted moth against a blank white ground, the composition split evenly between them. The skull's jaw is propped open by an oversized pill, while the moth rests upturned on its wings, limbs loose — two still forms held in quiet, deadpan balance. Printed on 18 x 12 inch paper.
"Monument Valley Shadow" is a photograph etching by Terry La Rue that reduces a stretch of desert to sparse canyon forms in the distance, framed at the right by the shadow of a nearer wall. Through an empty sky and low sand landforms, La Rue turns the expanse into a study of light, edge, and quiet space. Printed on 10 x 7 inch paper.
View the Full CollectionThe works shown here represent only a small selection of Terry La Rue’s decades-long creative practice. Many more prints, paintings, and drawings are available to view in person at Christopher John Gallery & Josephine Press.
Book an appointment with John to explore the full collection, hear the stories behind the work, and discover the depth of Terry’s approach to process, material, and making.