FUTURE TENSE: Alex Gross Paintings

reporter/photographer: Miguel Dominguez

Alex Gross' last solo exhibition ran from October 9th to November 8th at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. This exhibition coincided with the release of Alex's latest book, entitled, "Future Tense, Paintings By Alex Gross, 2010-2014." The Book, published by Gingko Press, is 96 pages, and features 40 paintings from the last 5 years.

In 2006, Chronicle Books published Alex's first monograph, The Art of Alex Gross. Alex's second fine art book, Discrepancies, was published by Gingko Press in 2010, and includes an introduction by former LA Weekly Art Critic Doug Harvey. In 2012, Gingko published Alex's third book, Now And Then, The Cabinet Card Paintings of Alex Gross, which includes 98 mixed media paintings. October 2014 brought the release of Alex's fourth book, entitled Future Tense, Paintings by Alex Gross, again published by Gingko Press. Future Tense is 96 pages, and features 40 paintings done between 2010 and 2014. The introduction was written by Caleb Neelon.

Alex Gross lives in Los Angeles, California. In 1990, he received a BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Since then, he has had eight solo exhibitions at various galleries, and participated in dozens of museum and gallery exhibitions across the globe. His 2014 exhibition, Future Tense, was his fourth with the Jonathan LeVine gallery.

In the summer of 2007, Alex’s first retrospective museum show was held at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California. Alex is a recipient of the prestigious Artist's Fellowship from the Japan Foundation, and several faculty grants from Art Center College of Design.

 

Future Tense was released in conjunction with Alex's 2014 solo exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery.