Untitled, 2005 is one of Alexander Ross's first successful and striking forays into the art of printmaking. The bold imagery, large size and vibrantly saturated colors of this print are all qualities the artist has used to approximate the presence and scale of his paintings. And like the paintings, his imagery has combined the figurative yet abstract subject matter while relaying the topographical feel of his painting process into the medium of silkscreen printing.

The print is bold, both in scale and dynamism. It's 'subject', a large and sinuous Play-Doh-like asteroid, pock-marked and glistening, hurtling (or perhaps just floating) through its ambiguous space. Ross's technique to create the print began as it does with most of his paintings: first a physical clay object is sculpted and photographed, then manipulated on the computer to create and accentuate the desired effects. As with much of his imagery, the subject of the work remains at once mysterious and specific. His fascination with science fiction, the microscopic world, space, and surface are all evident. In particular, the process of screenprinting has had the effect of accentuating the map-like feeling of the artist's painting process.

Alexander Ross has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting); The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO; The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (Disparities and Deformations, Our Grotesque); The Academy of Arts and Letters, NY; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; White Columns, NY (Painting/Not Painting); PS1 Contemporary Art Center (Greater New York), Long Island City, NY; Thread Waxing Space, NY; and the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina,Greensboro, NC, among many other venues. He has had numerous solo exhibitions since 1998.



Other artworks by Alexander Ross


Untitled (Carpet), 2006


Untitled, 2002