Randi Matushevitz creates paintings and installations that autobiographically respond to the contrarian nature of existence. Her mixed media images are volatile, set in atmospheres built from layers of charcoal, pastel, spray paint, acrylic and oil on paper and/or canvas. They grab you with a holler -- a luminous color or a strident pose, then pull you in with whispers -- hidden figures, otherworldly apparitions. She paints and draws, sprays and scrapes, smudges, collages, and repeats, actualizing a dense surface and depth of field that both embodies and depicts the mutual entanglement and psychic unsettlement of today’s world. - Shana Nys Dambrot