BY A. ROSE
FROM EDITING MAGAZINES TO SHOWCASING “LOST” ARTISTS TO PLAYING IN AN EXPERIMENTAL BAND, ROSE HAS MORE PROJECTS THAN THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY.

ANP QUARTERLY

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“It’s put together by me, Ed Templeton, and Brendan Fowler. We’re into such totally different things, it ends up becoming a weird ‘What is this?’ art magazine.”

DEFORMER BY ED TEMPLETON

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“When I work on a book like this, I always let the artist be the artist. Ed’s been working on it for 11 years, so it’s really his opus.” the artist.

HAND-PAINTED GUITAR

“That’s a guitar that I painted for Chan Marshall, who’s Cat Power. I really like the shape of guitars and they’re really fun to paint on. I rarely paint on canvas.”

“PASSION FOR THE POSSIBLE”

Rose-curated show at Circle Culture Gallery in Berlin, spring ’08 “Sister Corita was a nun in the ’60s who did politically charged work. I’ve done a few of these shows.”

SILENT SHOW BY THE SADS

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“The audience wears headphones and we play instruments into a central mixer. The room is quiet, but on the headphones it’s blasting.”