Milk for Jesus (2000)
oil on canvas
size: 44 " x 18 "
The Italian (embedded into the ribbon at the top) says: father i'm thirsty, can i please have some milk?
where is my mother? where. The Japanese means: Milk for Jesus.
Alex Gross received a BFA with Honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 1990. Since then, he has been a successful freelance illustrator and gallery artist. Alex taught at his alma mater from 1994 until 2005, and he was the recipient of two faculty grants there. Alex was also the recipient of the prestigious Artists Fellowship from the Japan Foundation in the year 2000. Alex’s first monograph The Art of Alex Gross (with an introduction by the well-known science fiction writer Bruce Sterling) was recently published by Chronicle Books.
