Michael Ross (born 1954 in Buffalo, New York) is an American contemporary artist, known for his small-scale sculptures.[1] Although Michael Ross has exhibited conceptually based works including performance, mail art, video, and audience participation projects,[2] the last twenty years have seen the artist direct his focus toward small, precise wall mounted sculptures created from scraps, unidentifiable hardware and miscellaneous things.[3] Michael Ross's earliest small-scale sculpture consisted of a single upright thimble containing the dust from several rooms of his home.[4] A small work created by the artist in 1994 made a wry salute to large-scale minimal metal sculptures like those of Donald Judd.[5] Over the years, Ross has also created numerous unique tiny sculptures inspired by the Japanese fairy tales of the writer Lafcadio Hearn.[6] His focus on the minuscule has justly identified the artist as, "a true scholar of the tiny kingdom"[7] and “a pioneer of the subversive small gesture”.[8] Michael Ross received his BFA at The State University of New York, Buffalo and his MFA at Columbia University in New York, NY.[9]
Michael Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Exhibitions
editSelected solo exhibitions
edit- 2019 Michael Ross, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2017 Michael Ross, En Passant, Ledge Gallery, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU, East Lansing, Michigan
- 2016 Michael Ross, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
- 2016 Michael Ross, Selected Works 1991 – 2015, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
- 2006 Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York
- 2002 Lobby project, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
- 2001 FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- 1999 Scott Thatcher Gallery, Long Island City, New York
- 1998 Drie Boeken, Boekhandel Metro, Ghent, Belgium
- 1998 Goldororo, In Vitro, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1994 Kunstverein Schwabisch Gmund, Germany
- 1994 Micromacroscopics, vor ort, Langenhagen, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
edit- 2020 Silent Water, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2020 100 Sculptures, No Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019 The OsloBIENNALEN First Edition 2019-2024, Oslo, Norway
- 2019 100 Sculptures (Paris!), Anonymous Gallery pop-up, Paris, France
- 2019 Gallery Galerie Galería, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, NY
- 2018 10 Years:100 Sculptures, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2018 From the Collection/Against the Wall, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
- 2017 Summer Hang, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
- 2017 MIDTOWN, organized by Maccarone, Salon 94 and Salon 94 Design, Lever House, New York
- 2017 The City, My Studio / The City, My Life, Kathmandu Triennial, Kathmandu, Nepal
- 2017 GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words. 2000-2016 | The String Traveller, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst
- 2016 Skins, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
- 2015 Possible Collection, Honolulu, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2011 Fait Main, collection of FRAC Bourgogne, Lycee des matiers de la ceramique Henry Mosiand, Longchamp, France
- 2010 The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn, Donjon, Matsue Castle, Matsue, Japan
- 2009 Bribes d'Un Monde Ephemere, Musee d'Art et d'Histoire Romain Rolland, Clamecy, France
- 2009 Ename Actueel, Hoofdstuk VI, Oudenaarde-Ename, Belgium
- 2009 Un Lieu Oublie, collection of FRAC Bourgogne, C.A.U.E. de Cote-d-Or, Dijon, France
- 2006 Sogneurs de Gravite Marcel at the Bit! (The Imitation of Marcel Duchamp), FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, France
- 2005 Monuments For The U.S.A., White Columns, New York, NY
- 2005 Monuments For The U.S.A., CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2003 Dust Memories, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
- 2002 Autour du monde, Communaute de Communes du Canton de Chauffailles, Chauffailles, France
- 2001 Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- 2001 Present, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
- 2000 Over The Edges, City of Ghent, Belgium
- 2000 Dust & Dirt, Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium
- 2000 Bricolage?, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France
- 1999 Inaugural exhibition, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent Belgium
- 1999 Risiko Curating Kunstverein Neuhausen, Germany
- 1998 Poussiere (Dust Memories), FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- 1997 Enough, The Tannery, London, England
- 1997 Bring Your Own Walkman, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1997 At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art 1964-1996, Herbert F. Johnson Museum Of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (traveling)
- 1997 Show Up, de Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 1996 de Rode Poort, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Ghent, Belgium
- 1995 Ripple Across The Water, Watari-um Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 1993 Free Lunch, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Martigny, Switzerland 1993 Under Thirty, Galerie Metropole, Vienna, Austria
- 1993 In Their Own Image, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, New York 1993 FluxAttitudes, The New Museum, New York, NY
- 1991 Home For June, Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art, New York 1990 Summer Group, American Fine Arts Company, New York
- 1987 Infotainment De Selby Gallery, Amsterdam; Gallerie Marie Bonk, Cologne
- 1987 David Carrino, Anne Doran, Cady Noland, Michael Ross, Nature Morte Gallery, New York
- 1982 Real Life Magazine Presents, White Columns, New York
References
edit- ^ "SI Past Exhibitions - Past".
- ^ "New Museum - Digital Archive".
- ^ SculptureCenter. "SculptureCenter Exhibition - Michael Ross".
- ^ Cotter, Holland (1997-12-14). "ART VIEW; A Show That Could Travel In Just a Carry-On Bag". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ "Entertainment & the Arts | Sometimes, A Little Is A Lot -- Coca's New Show Of Minuscule And Small-Scale Art Comes With Big Impact, Lots Of Meaning". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ Japan), 小泉八雲来日120年記念事業実行委員会 (The Planning Committee for Events to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo's Arrival) in (14 October 2010). "Michael Ross | Hearn 2010：小泉八雲来日120年記念事業 (120th Anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn's Arrival in Japan)". hearn2010.yakumokai.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Michael Ross - Selected Works 1991 - 2015 - Ellis King".
- ^ Hoet, Jan (2002). Michael Ross, catalog. Ghent: Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain de Bourgogne ; Gent : Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst. p. 4. ISBN 2-913994-04-0.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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