FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joseph Gross Gallery presents:
Alison Mosshart, “Paleeyed Boy”, 2013, watercolor, acrylic and graphite, 8 x 4.5 in.
Fire Power A solo exhibition of new work by Alison Mosshart Opening Reception: June 18th | 59 PM Exhibition Dates: June 18th – July 11th, 2015
May 20, 2015 (New York, NY) – Joseph Gross Gallery is pleased to present Fire Power, a solo exhibition of new works by Alison Mosshart. Fire Power marks the artist’s first solo show and includes 127 never before exhibited pieces including paintings, drawings, mixed media, and tapestries that reflect Mosshart’s life on the road. Joseph Gross Gallery will host an opening reception on June 18th from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Chelsea at 548 W 28th Street, Suite 232.
Best known for her role as singer/songwriter for The Kills and The Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart is a selftaught artist whose work is personal, intuitive and responsive without being overthought. A lifelong ‘maker,’ Mosshart created art as often as she could while on tour; only recently was she able to settle into a more formal studio space, allowing for the expansion into larger works. The work in Fire Power glorifies the transience of life on the road, with each piece a snapshot of a person, conversation, place, time or mood in Mosshart’s continuously mobile life.
Works in Fire Power can be grouped into informal series’ including portraits, works on Persian carpets, and ‘tire track’ abstract pieces. These experimental tire track paintings, such as Test Drive (2014), were borne out of numerous remote control cars, tire treads, paints, inks, and varieties of paper. Big Red (2014) is the largest of these, which Mosshart created by driving a remote control monster truck over the canvas until the batteries flatlined.
All of her work is created quickly and passionately. Inspiration for The Pest (2014) came after Mosshart observed an argument, with the painting depicting two abstract faces in bold, contrasting colors. Extra teeth were added to the face depicting that of the “pest.” This painting of multiple eyes, ears and teeth is indicative of Mosshart’s ideas on multiple viewpoints and the complications of human interactions.
Mosshart describes her collage piece, Daughter of the American Used Car Dealer (2015), as both personal and aesthetic. She surrounded a muscle car at the center with snippets of naturethemed postcards. The muscle car at the center of the collage reflects both her childhood as the daughter of a car dealer and her love for the open road, with the nature scenes representative of the blurred landscapes driving down the highway. “There are few things I find more freeing and romantic as bombing down a highway,” she says.
About the Artist Alison Mosshart was born in November 1978 and grew up in Vero Beach, Florida. She currently lives in London, England and Nashville, Tennessee. Mosshart, also known by her stage name VV, cofounded The Kills with Jamie Hince in 2000. In 2009 she joined the music group The Dead Weather, formed by Jack White, Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. Mosshart has been making art and music since childhood. Fire Power is her first solo exhibition, with her artwork previously exhibited in ArtNowNY’s group exhibition, Push It, in 2014.
About Joseph Gross Gallery Joseph Gross Gallery represents a stable of contemporary artists who exemplify the gallery’s commitment to pioneering genres and mediums. Located in the Chelsea art district of New York City, the gallery is the second New York space founded by Joseph Gross, a dealer working in both primary and secondary markets since 2005 who also founded ArtNowSF in San Francisco in 2005 and ArtNowNY in Chelsea in 2012. Joseph Gross is known for curating exhibitions that challenge convention and bring the most cutting edge images and ideas by today’s most exciting contemporary artists to the fore.
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