Alicia Ross | Artist

News

2012-01-12T10:48:00.000-08:00

Untitled (The Purse)
48h x 40w inches, cross-stitch
on cotton and pearled
basting needles, 2011

Some of my work is available for purchase online

NEW LARK BOOKS PUBLICATION: A new publication featuring the work of 30 embroidery/stitch artists from around the world: PUSH Stitchery: 30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Stitched Art. Alicia's work represents fiber work made in the United States. Order on Amazon.

New Publication: Textiel Plus, "Op vrouwen voortborduren." Pages 5-7. Nummer 218, Winter 2011. (shown right)

Recent

Huffington Post, November 8, 2011. Push Stitchery. (shown right)

The Guardian UK: "Edgy Embroidery - in pictures," Nov 5, 2011. (shown below)

Pulse Los Angeles, Sept 29-Oct 3, Represented by Black and White Gallery, NYC

Pulse NYC, March 3-6, Represented by Black and White Gallery, NYC

The New York Observer, "Williamsburg Grows Up", By Alexandra Peers

Fiber Arts Magazine, "Iconography of the Self" by Jamie Chalmers

Basic Instinct, Black and White Gallery, NYC / Flander's Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Hot Mess was awarded New York Magazine's Critics' Pick. ONLINE FEATURE: New York Magazine (Online), Vulture Section, "Art Candy: The Tabloids’ Favorite Females, Embroidered," 10/29/10

Huffington Post--Hot Mess was one of the "Nine Best Things To Do in NYC This Weekend" 11/10/10

WG News + Arts, November 18, 2010

Culture Map Houston via Miami Messenger: "Brooklyn's Black and White gallery stole the show at Pulse with the work of Alicia Ross."

INTERVIEW: "FOUR QUESTIONS WITH ALICIA ROSS" Alicia had the pleasure of being interviewed by Art:21's guest blogger, Maria Stenina.

Slideshow Sampler

2011-09-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

Created for Slideluck Potshow
Los Angeles/Berlin
2010

Hot Mess

2011-09-02T18:37:00.000-07:00

Black and White Gallery
Williamsburg, NYC
2010

Sacred_Profane

2011-09-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

Black and White Gallery
Chelsea, NYC

2008

Catalog (.pdf)

Untitled (The Purse)

2011-09-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

48h x 40w in
cross-stitch on cotton
and pearled basting needles
2011

Love Swing

2011-09-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

82 in tall x 68 in wide
yarn, ribbon, nylon, metal, thread, perfume
2006

Love Swing is a piece that speaks to the wavering stability between woman as nurturer and woman as object of sexual desire. The 82 inch tall by 68 inch wide swing is covered in knitted yarn and fitted over a prefabricated sex-swing stand. The inner hanging swing has no core, prefabricated framework but was designed based on images of manufactured sex-swings. I chose a cream colored fiber to play off the idea of innocence which is typically unassociated with the sex industry. At first glance, the viewer might mistake the structure for a baby swing, rather than a sex swing. The hanging swing is slightly separated by clear thread to give it the appearance of form. The entire project took 3 months to create and approximately 30 skeins of yarn.

Sampler Series

2011-09-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

(select pieces shown)
cross-stitch on cotton
11 x 14 in
2006-

Blanket Series

2011-09-02T15:04:00.000-07:00

Needleplay
approx 4 x 5 ft
cotton appliqué quilt
2005

Safecall
approx 4 x 5 ft
cotton appliqué quilt
2005

Switch
approx 4 x 5 ft
cotton appliqué quilt
2005

Groom's Quilt
Approx. 6 x 9 ft.
cotton fabrics with cross-stitch inlays
2006

The Origin of the World (Britney)

2011-09-02T14:59:00.000-07:00

The Origin of the World (Britney)
inkjet on canvas, gold frame
34.5 x 31 in.
First version 2008, Second version 2010

The Origin of the World (Britney), is an appropriation of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 painting by the same name (L’Origine du monde). The image, a remediation of a paparazzi’s capture of Britney Spear’s crotch, has been printed on canvas—which suggests that by altering the output of the original snapshot, it somehow raises the validity of the image—and further nodding to the historical inferiority complex of photography to painting. Moreover, the gold, gilded frame reiterates the elevation to highbrow art—in both Courbet’s painting as well as my own.

With one-hundred and fifty years between them, both Courbet’s painting and Britney’s contemporary image proved to jolt their respective cultures and likewise were commissions by a second party. The two images assault the viewer unapologetically—with identical subject matter, solely dependent on its context for cultural reaction and reverence. Courbet’s title is a testament to the on-going paradoxical concept that all innocent, human life emerges from this portal, which remains potentially offensive when depicted in paint or pixels.

Around 2007, a growing trend arose within the celebrity pop-queen (formally pop-princess) demographic: flashing their genitals as a rite of passage as a “fuck you” to the media. Though swept under the rug (no pun intended) as accidentals by the subjects, ET-type television shows agreed that this must be the premeditated actions of attention-hungry “celeb-pops.” The third-wave movement, specifically the concept of regaining control over derogatory portrayals of the female body through mimicry and performance, could be influencing such behavior, or perhaps driving it. I believe this correlation to feminist theory, as well as the mother/mistress conflict manifesting itself in several of the mainstream celeb-pops, to be what inspired The Origin of the World (Britney).

Prick (Un petit somme d'Après-midi)

2011-09-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

11h x 11w x 4d in
mixed media
2008

Rockwell's a Surrealist

2011-09-02T14:52:00.000-07:00

mixed media installation (handmade pillows and children size chairs)
2008

Phrenology Study of Miley Cyrus

2011-09-02T12:16:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2010

Phrenology Study of Debra Lafave

2011-09-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Phrenology Study of Britney Spears

2011-09-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Phrenology Study of Britney Spears

2011-09-02T12:12:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in
cross-stitch on cotton and pearled basting needles
2009

Phrenology Study of Foxy Knoxy/Angel Face (Amanda Knox)

2011-09-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
cross-stitch on cotton
11 x 14 oval
2009

Phrenology Study of Nancy Grace

2011-09-02T12:10:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Phrenology Study of Misty Croslin

2011-09-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2010

Octumom (Phrenology Study of Nadya Suleman)

2011-09-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Tot Mom (Phrenology Study of Casey Anthony)

2011-09-02T12:07:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Phrenology Study of Kendra Wilkinson

2011-09-02T12:05:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2010

Phrenology Study of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)

2011-09-02T12:03:00.001-07:00

Phrenology Studies
cross-stitch on cotton
11 x 14 oval
2010

Phrenology Study of Lindsay Lohan

2011-09-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2010

Phrenology Study of Kate Gosselin

2011-09-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2009

Phrenology Study of Mackenzie Phillips

2011-09-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

Phrenology Studies
11 x 14 in oval
cross-stitch on cotton
2010