Riparian | By Caesar & Ed Trask
Long View Gallery Reignites DC’s Art Scene with Riparian
A bold new exhibition from cult-favorite artists Ed Trask and Caesar
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Exhibition: Riparian
Location: Long View Gallery, 1234 9th Street NW, Washington, DC (Blagden Alley)Opening: Friday, December 5, 2025
On View: Through late January 2026
Websites: longviewgallerydc.com / edtrask.com / caesarsopenstudio.com / https://www.artsy.net/partner/long-view-gallery
Long View Gallery, long regarded as a foundation of Washington, DC’s contemporary art scene, returns in force this winter, reviving the city’s post‑Covid creative energy with a fresh, hip, yet timeless vision. Under new ownership and a renewed curatorial direction, Long View reopens its iconic Blagden Alley space with Riparian, a powerful exhibition of new landscape paintings by Virginia-based artists Ed Trask and Caesar. Two cult-followed figures in DC, VA, and beyond.
Set against the exposed brick and soaring ceilings that made Long View an anchor of the district’s art community, Riparian celebrates the in-between spaces—where city meets wild, memory meets moment, and music, and fine art collide. Trask and Caesar both came of age in the DC suburbs, spending their teenage years immersed in the electric sound and color of the city’s 1980s and 90s music and art scenes. That raw, unfiltered energy runs directly through the work on view.
About Ed Trask
A celebrated painter and musician, Ed Trask is as legendary for his drumming as he is for his canvases. He has performed with iconic bands including Avail, Kepone, and the recently reunited Dischord Records group Holy Rollers. A driving force in the hardcore and punk scenes, Trask channels that same kinetic intensity into his paintings: dazzling, fast, and loose visions of the American landscape.
His murals have shaped the Richmond skyline for decades, and his studio work has been featured in numerous successful gallery exhibitions. Collectors seek out his wildly colorful pieces across the country; one of his signature paintings is part of the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA).