Terry Rose
Having lived in various locations in the US for most of his life, Terry Rose moved to Shanghai in 2012, before moving to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2015. In 2017, Terry Rose passed away in Mexico after a battle with esophageal cancer at the age of 78.
Rose's work is non-representational but focuses on the physicality and texture of paint as the subject. He juxtaposed subtle, natural colors and vivid, primary colors that vibrate off of each other in space. The intensity of color and calligraphic nature pay homage to his love of China, its culture and particularly the color. For many years he worked primarily on monochromatic paintings, but he said, “When I started exploring mediums in China, I came across the most beautiful pigment colors. It opened up new possibilities." Rose claimed to be “excited to [use] color again.”
Rose’s ceramic vessels were done during his tenure in Shanghai. The forms resemble flowering eruptions with the interior and exterior in contrasting colors. Tall, irregular shaped forms burst open at the top revealing a starkly different interior. The undulating bumps of the exterior are accentuated by Rose’s meandering drawn applied line following the crease points. Rose intended them to be non-functional. Instead of putting flowers inside of these vessels the vessel is the flower itself.
Terry Rose’s 2014 collection, “Made in China,” changed drastically from his previous work. For several years his work was created by introducing oils and micron pigments, through a variety of means, into wet varnish. The hydraulic interaction of these elements generated his loose, seemingly aquatic or cosmic imagery. However, for this series the surfaces are built up and broken down through addition and subtraction of layers of paint. Every surface shows the history of these layers through blurred, ghostly stains that float in the distance behind thick strokes and pools of either translucent or opaque paint. "I gave up gestures years ago because it looked too slick, too good," Rose said. "I'm using gestures again but now the process is more manual, physical and earthy. The surfaces are scrubbed away and reworked to reveal some of the base layers. It's like setting up problems on the canvas and then trying to solve them through the physical process of painting."
In 2011, Rose completed a major commission for the private residential complex, VALAIS, in Kwu Tung, Hong Kong. In 2013 Rose has completed commissions for Chausen Peak, a private residential complex in Hong Kong and a private collector in France. In 2015 Rose completed a commission of four paintings for the "Oasis of the Seas," Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
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Terry Rose
Having lived in various locations in the US for most of his life, Terry Rose moved to Shanghai in 2012, before moving to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2015. In 2017, Terry Rose passed away in Mexico after a battle with esophageal cancer at the age of 78.
Rose's work is non-representational but focuses on the physicality and texture of paint as the subject. He juxtaposed subtle, natural colors and vivid, primary colors that vibrate off of each other in space. The intensity of color and calligraphic nature pay homage to his love of China, its culture and particularly the color. For many years he worked primarily on monochromatic paintings, but he said, “When I started exploring mediums in China, I came across the most beautiful pigment colors. It opened up new possibilities." Rose claimed to be “excited to [use] color again.”
Rose’s ceramic vessels were done during his tenure in Shanghai. The forms resemble flowering eruptions with the interior and exterior in contrasting colors. Tall, irregular shaped forms burst open at the top revealing a starkly different interior. The undulating bumps of the exterior are accentuated by Rose’s meandering drawn applied line following the crease points. Rose intended them to be non-functional. Instead of putting flowers inside of these vessels the vessel is the flower itself.
Terry Rose’s 2014 collection, “Made in China,” changed drastically from his previous work. For several years his work was created by introducing oils and micron pigments, through a variety of means, into wet varnish. The hydraulic interaction of these elements generated his loose, seemingly aquatic or cosmic imagery. However, for this series the surfaces are built up and broken down through addition and subtraction of layers of paint. Every surface shows the history of these layers through blurred, ghostly stains that float in the distance behind thick strokes and pools of either translucent or opaque paint. "I gave up gestures years ago because it looked too slick, too good," Rose said. "I'm using gestures again but now the process is more manual, physical and earthy. The surfaces are scrubbed away and reworked to reveal some of the base layers. It's like setting up problems on the canvas and then trying to solve them through the physical process of painting."
In 2011, Rose completed a major commission for the private residential complex, VALAIS, in Kwu Tung, Hong Kong. In 2013 Rose has completed commissions for Chausen Peak, a private residential complex in Hong Kong and a private collector in France. In 2015 Rose completed a commission of four paintings for the "Oasis of the Seas," Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.