Dialogues

Artist Reception: Friday, January 24 from 5:00PM - 7:00PM

The works in the exhibition are from a large series of works made over the last several years. In them, Ross explores humor and personal meaning through absurd juxtapositions of pairs of wildly varied images. Each single image is stripped of its original context (be it, for example, a history book, an instruction manual or a magazine advertisement), placed on a white background like some kind of specimen, and presented afresh with a new “companion image.” These companion images confront, contrast and converse with each other, and thereby build new relationships, narratives, jokes, and contexts.

You can see a large sampling of recent artwork at: https://www.instagram.com/andyross_neart/

Artist Bio:

Andy Ross grew up in Macomb County, and has been making art, in various mediums, since the 1970s. He received a BFA degree from College for Creative Studies, and an MFA degree from University of Michigan. He has taught photography, art, and web design at colleges in California and Michigan. His photographs and collages have been exhibited in schools, galleries, and museums across the United States.