Abstract: This essay examines the portrait practice of Adam Grose as a critical intervention into historical conventions of representation. His work seeks to interrogate what it means to be seen, shifting emphasis from the authority of the artist toward the agency of the sitter. By framing portraiture as a relational encounter, Grose challenges entrenched hierarchies of visibility and engages with broader discourses surrounding identity, memory, and historical erasure. Situa

Abstract: This short essay examines the pigment works of Adam Grose within the context of post-1960s environmentally engaged art practices. By analysing his use of earth and rock-derived pigments and collected sea, rain and snow water, this discussion situates his work in relation to Land Art and Arte Povera, as well as more recent ecological approaches to materiality. Drawing on precedents established by Robert Smithson, Giuseppe Penone, and Andy Goldsworthy, this paper wil

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