Untitled

Details

Alexander Ross (B. 1960)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Ross 2003' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
98 ¼ x 71 1/8in. (249.5 x 180.5cm.)
Painted in 2003

Provenance

Feature Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.

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Lot Essay

Alexander Ross uses a hyperrealist technique to render fantastical structures that at first appear to be everything from alien growths to silly putty constructions. With its blurred, layered, honeycombed blue-green pattern Untitled from 2003 leans towards the latter, reflecting the artist’s practice of building a synthetic universe from plasticine, which he first sculpts, then photographs, and finally manipulates in Photoshop before painting it.

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