Arcadia Contemporary is proud to present "Still, She Moves" a new solo exhibition by British artist Alex Russell Flint. Featuring thirteen original oil paintings, the exhibition marks Russell Flint’s return to Arcadia and his first formal exploration of movement, both literal and emotional.
"Still, She Moves" began as a response to the desire to create something lighter for darker times. The resulting works lean into visual pleasure, with bold contrasts, elegant forms, and motion held mid-gesture, while maintaining the quiet tension and narrative ambiguity that define Russell Flint’s practice.
Early paintings such as "The Starlet and Aftermath" echo the introspective tone of past exhibitions, but the series quickly shifts. Brighter compositions blend classical references with theatrical arrangements, creating a visual interplay between stillness and transformation. At the center of the exhibition is a sequential series titled "Still, She Moves," featuring a dancer and close friend of the artist as the model. Her calm control and poised gestures lend the works a sense of movement suspended in time. Around her, silk dresses and rubber gloves form abstract, sculptural shapes. These pairings suggest a tension between refinement and labor, softness and utility, strength and vulnerability.
At their heart, these paintings are about transformation and freedom within constraint. They speak to the creative and emotional space that emerges when working within boundaries, whether physical, societal, or self-imposed. The figures may be bound by costume or caught mid-pose, but within those limits they assert something nuanced, alive, and quietly defiant. Stylized poses imply motion, each composition holding a moment just before something shifts. As Russell Flint reflects, “Limitation doesn’t necessarily suppress expression. Sometimes it sharpens it.”
This is Alex Russell Flint’s third solo exhibition with Arcadia Contemporary, following his U.S. debut in 2017. "Still, She Moves" will be on view from June 5 through June 29, 2025, at Arcadia Contemporary in Soho, New York. The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, June 5th, from 5 to 7 PM.
