Adam Ross
Ross's work has a very refined and finished surface. Deep hued pigments appear to be submerged and then intersected by geometric shapes that result in imagery that is a bit like infrared geographic map making. Like an Andreas Gursky photo of the earth and sea, these aerial views display deep depths and explorations of space via continents and islands. The intersection of alien strips or frames, stops you from plunging fully and finally into the space below, like netting that breaks a fall. Vague photographic shadows allude to masked shapes or imprints left behind by past weightiness of some unknown entity.
For all the mystery amassed in the images, there is still a sense that hands were here. The surface appears burnished for the resulting gleam, like a cousin of the resin coffee table my father made when I was a kid.
The show runs through February 18 at Angles Gallery.
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