John Ross
John Ross is a sculptor who works across disciplines and mediums — from his chainsaw figures and bronzes, to cast resin objects and massive plaster pieces. His work combines a surreal sense of scale, an uncanny eye for subverting expectations, and unconventional use of common materials.
John Ross’s path to becoming an artist was—and is—circuitous, detour-filled, and packed with wild entrepreneurial excursions. His art practice may have begun in the late 1970s when he cofounded two of Indiana’s best-known music venues, The Vogue and The Bluebird. It may have begun when he entered art school after cofounding a company specializing in the transportation of jet fuel . It may have begun when he first picked up a chainsaw and carved a log into a figure. It may have begun when he first moved into his Stutz Building studio two decades ago. However it began, he’s here, covered in sawdust, finding humanity in gnarled wood, baking 12-foot plaster birthday cakes for everyone, casting his brooms in resin and bronze , building robots and writing code.
'Tell Me I'm Pretty', Basswood, 11" x 18" x10", $1500
'Birthday Cake', Bronze, Edition of 7, 13"x 10" x 10", $1400
'Birthday Cake', Painted Bronze, Gold leaf, Edition 1 of 7, 14" x 10" x 10", $1500
'Birthday Girl', Basswood, 24" x 12" x 7", $1700
'Chuck Taylor', Basswood, 16" x 7" x 10" each, $1200
'Clock Socks', Basswood, 30" x 6" x 14", $1200
'My Red Allstars', Basswood, 8" x 8" x 16" each, $1200
'Orange Man', Basswood, 10" x 18" x 7", $1800
'The Smartest Guy in the Room', Basswood, 8" x 31" x 7", $1500
'The Trophy I Never Won', Plaster and wood, 38" x 12" x 10", $800
'Woman in a Box', Basswood, 12" x 11" x 9", $1800
'Woman Making A Wish', Basswood, 15" x 10" x 6", 1800
'Woman on a Pedestal', Basswood, 92" x 16" x 16", $1800
'Broom Zen', Bronze, 55" x 12" x 3", $2000
'Chuck All Stars', Bronze, $2000
'Chuck All Stars', Bronze, $2000
'Blue Man', Basswood, 17" x 8" x 8", $375
'Blue Man - Detail', Basswood, 17" x 8" x 8", $375
'Yellow Man', Basswood, 18" x 8" x 8", $375
'Hot Dog', Bronze, Edition 2 of 7, 7.5" x 3" x 3", $450
'Hot Dog - Detail',Bronze, Edition 2 of 7, 7.5" x 3" x 3", $450
'Tee Shirt', Bronze, Edition 1 of 7, 23" x 16" x 2", $2000
'Tee Shirt - Detail', 23" x 16" x 2", Bronze, Edition 1 of 7, $2000
'Tee Shirt - Detail 2', 23" x 16" x 2", Bronze, Edition 1 of 7, $2000
'Wifebeater', Bronze, 22" x 14" x 2", $2000
'Wifebeater - Detail', Bronze, 22" x 14" x 2", $2000