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John Rosser

John Rosser exploits the conjunctions that have arisen within and across different areas of activity in the arts. His visual arrangements are loosened sufficiently to let both obvious and unexpected juxtapositions occur. Inevitably, given the random nature of the digital process, his art allows for a kind of interactive freedom that conventional processes of photography would never encourage. The spontaneity of each digital manipulation gives his art an aesthetic space that sustains variety and varying degrees of structure. The subjects and objects of this digital dimension evoke more possibilities than probabilities. The combination of abstract patterns and natural scenes give his work a multi-dimensional substance. An intuitive elegance emerges in each visual surface.  Experienced and perceptive, each manipulated instance reveals a clear and uninhibited relocation of each construct.

John Rosser was born in 1951. He has lived and worked in Philadelphia for the past eight years. From Saratoga Springs, N.Y., he studied photo illustration at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After exploring the mechanics of the lens; Mr. Rosser went on to explore the mechanics of the photograph. He developed installations to photograph. By incorporating a frenzied iconography of found objects and effects, a more intuitive notion of art began to reveal itself. Mr. Rosser moved to New York City, where for the next 25 years, he went on to develop a significant interest in installation and sculpture. Beginning in 1978, John worked with the art collaboration TODT. Over the years, TODT has appeared in numerous galleries and museum exhibitions. Rossers’ association with TODT includes works in private collections, as well as appearances in the 1985 Whitney Biennial, the 1993 Venice Biennale, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and many other national and international exhibitions. During this time, Rosser also owned and operated Rarefied Media, a laser lighting and special effects company in New York City. He and his company designed laser shows for Diana Ross at Radio City Music Hall, the New York City Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, Julio Inglesias, the Munich Olympics, and other major venues throughout the world. After leaving TODT in 1998, Rosser turned to the use of digital equipment to create the type of imagery that he felt film could not always supply. This exploration released a torrent of camera, scanner, and web-generated imagery. This show is an intimate survey taken from a collection of 1600 images. Along with 15 framed images, a horizontal stripe constructed of over 400 4 x 6" print runs the length of the gallery walls. All of the framed images presented are archival pigment prints, printed on an Epson 2200 Stylus Photo printer. The framed images are signed and produced in editions of 10.

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