Aaron Rose

Birth : 1969-04-01, Portland, Oregon, U.S.

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Aaron Rose is a film director, art show curator and writer who is a key part of the Beautiful Losers art movement, which has featured and helped notarize the work of artists such as Barry McGee, Steven "Espo" Powers, Harmony Korine and Shepard Fairey. In 2005, he published with Drago Young Sleek and Full of Hell, where he collects over 100 artists including Mark Gonzales, Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell, Phil Frost, Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Sonic Youth, Terry Richardson. He was co-curator of the Beautiful Losers touring art exhibit, and edited the collected art book—released by Iconoclast and Distributed Art Publishers in 2004—featuring the work and artists of the tour. The exhibition toured the world through 2009. He is also the director of the documentary film Beautiful Losers, which began its US theatrical run in 2008. He was the owner and director of Alleged Gallery in New York City and created Alleged Press, which has released books featuring the art of Ari Marcopoulos, Ed Templeton, Mike Mills, Barry McGee and Chris Johanson. He is also co-editor of ANP Quarterly. Rose's latest venture is a documentary called Become a Microscope - 90 Statements on Sister Corita, a short film with music by Money Mark and Becky Stark. The 22 minute film tells the story of Sister Mary Corita, the California nun who was also a political artist. Rose is signed as a director with the Los Angeles company The Directors Bureau which also represents Mike Mills and Sofia Coppola. In 2009, he was hired by Wieden+Kennedy to help create WKE (WKEntertainment), a content-driven entertainment channel and production house. At WKE, Rose is the producer of numerous television projects including Califunya, D.I.Y. America, and Don’t Move Here, which he also directs. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Rose, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Movies

Hamburger Eyes
Director
This short subject focuses on a San Francisco based zine, founded in 2001, which featured black and white photography of that city, during one of its periods of great changes.
Pendarvia
Director
Pendarvia is a 30 minute film that documents the recording process of The Decemberists album "The King Is Dead" (Capitol, 2011). The album was recorded in a barn in rural Oregon. Pendarvia is heavily driven by the natural surroundings of the area, inter-cutting music with beautiful shots of the surrounding scenery. The film follows the abstractly linear narrative of the recording process, inter-cutting found moments of dialogue from the band, producer Tucker Martine, collaborators and friends. The film is a beautiful audio/visual collage that explores the trials and tribulations of the creative process.
Portraits of Braddock
Director
The film takes an intimate and honest look at the young and old residents of a town still trying to heal itself after decades of strife and upheaval.
Become A Microscope
Director
Documentary on progressive nun and iconic pop artist Sister Corita Kent, who shook up both LA's Catholic establishment and art scene during her tenure at Immaculate Heart College between 1947 and 1968.
Beautiful Losers
Director
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
Beautiful Losers
Himself
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
Back Worlds For Words
Executive Producer
Documentary short featuring artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales performing at the Stadtisches Museum in Monchengladbach, Germany in 1999.
Dysfunctional
Director
"I guess you could say that Dysfunctional is the first film I ever completed. I had done lots of experiments before this, but I never seemed to be able to finish anything. This one really is more of a collage than a film. I did shoot alot of the footage in it, but the overall majority of this is just clips of skateboarding films and news footage that I cut together with my friend Antek." - Aaron Rose
Visual Mafia
Director
MTV publicity spot directed by Aaron Rose, Harmony Korine, and Rita Ackermann.