James Rose is an oil painter, producer and curator. He produces artful events including his own paintings, other visual artists, dancers, musicians, performance artists and comedians.
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 | | This group is the development of my personal approach to painting. All are from college, mostly 1993 and 1994. |
 | | These are paintings I have done after I graduated and moved to SF. I started to paint more exteriors once I moved to S.F. |
 | | My last body of work from San Francisco. I revisited the nightclub theme after having painted SF city-scapes for a number of years. |
 | | These are transition paintings. I am now getting into a flow again after my switch to the East Coast. Not included are about twenty drawings and two other paintings. |
 | | These are all paintings and drawings I have made since my move to NYC. I started to really produce after January 1st, 2009. |
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 | | Some black and white stuff. |
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New York, NY
United States
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My art reflects the transpiration of my surroundings. I am a social individual often instigating collaboration in large artistic events. These experiences put me in touch with the mass population and can be seen directly in my work. I paint individuals and crowds set in an urban environment (currently New York and in the past San Francisco and Boston).
The combination of sublime and familiar is the paradox of my work, creating a tension but also giving the viewer a relational experience. I use repetitive imagery such as large crowds or buildings with hundreds of windows. The idea of the swarm or large numbers often can give an overwhelming feeling but ultimately hypnotizing, creating a sublime transcendence through the familiar.
All of my work plays on the idea of the individual in relation to environment, ranging from the man made to the natural. The natural parks, subways and city buildings all are the environment surrounding the individual. The ideology of my paintings, is postmodern, specifically... |
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