A still impression from an unwritten film, The Last Job Interview captures the surreal tension of a job candidate’s final, unexpected performance—delivered not to a panel of professionals, but to a mysterious figure, part monster, part myth. Bert Esenherz stages this moment like a psychological thriller: ambiguous, charged, and theatrically unresolved.

Exhibited as part of Bert Esenherz’s 2019 series at Twelve Chairs Gallery’s ROOTS show, The Last Job Interview sits comfortably beside Flower Heist and Scrubby’s Reception—each painting a “scene” from an imagined screenplay. Esenherz’s work invites viewers to become both spectator and screenwriter.