Russell Maltz (1952)

Russell Maltz

Russell Maltz is a conceptual sculptor, artist and photographer living and working in New York, USA.

Maltz creates work using a wide range of materials, from concrete cinder blocks, glass and clothespins to found wood panels, PVC pipes, paper and swimming pool; he collaborates with construction companies and enjoys photographing art-like industrial trash.

The artist paints the plywood panels in part monochrome and then assembles sculptural objects from them, with some parts visible and others hidden. Maltz also finds abandoned and unseen building materials, which he transforms into works of art with paint and minimal intervention.