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| Thom Ross |
| Untold Stories |
| Thom Ross |
| May 12, 2004
- June 6, 2004 |
| 6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. |
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Though historical events never change, our perception of them does. Hence, certain occurrences that take a firm hold in either our own mind or the collective consciousness of a society can have a variety of meanings. These various meanings, as long as they are not in conflict with the known facts of an event, can all have a degree of legitimacy. What "Custer" meant to me as a small boy growing up in San Francisco is probably very different from what "Custer" means to a kid growing up on the Sioux reservation; but that doesn't mean that either of us is necessarily wrong. This is the beauty of this sort of investigation, namely, the many and varied levels of interpretation that any one specific event or thing can possess.
The paintings in this show are all based on known, historical events that have been documented and published. Why I termed this series "Untold Stories" is that the subjects are all very well known; cowboys and Indians being a perennially popular subject for both artists and viewers. However, it is my feeling that most artists, whose job it is to do this sort of investigation, merely settle for doing and redoing the same image which projects the same MEANING as has been done for over the last 100 years. The vast majority of "western" art has become a cliché.
What I have done is to find old stories that have been overlooked by other artists and to tell these neglected stories. It is my hope that these paintings will tell you things you never knew before and that after viewing these works you will have a new awareness of just how many "untold stories" there are still to be found.
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The Chase |
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| 60 x 48 Inches Acrylic on Canvas |
| Sold |
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The Shark |
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| 48 x 84 Inches Acrylic on Canvas |
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