“Shadow Boxing”

Dauntless Indignant Geography Series2020s2025$1000-$5000

Nov 13

"Shadow Boxing"

by Gregory J. Rose
2025, Mixed Media On Panel, 24“x24”

A compressed abstract composition built from high-contrast fields, layered black-and-white structures, and activated linear marks that fracture and reassemble across the surface. Exhibited in the Dauntless Indignant Geography Solo Exhibition at NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory. Unframed. Certificate of Authenticity included.

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Collector Snapshot

Shadow Boxing functions as a visual koan centered on reflection, fracture, and internal confrontation. Inspired by the question, “Is it the inside or outside reflection shattered in a broken mirror?”, the work situates conflict not as spectacle, but as an interior condition shaped by pressure, memory, and resilience.

Within the Dauntless Indignant Geography Series, Shadow Boxing channels frequency, light, and shadow into a tightly controlled spatial field. The composition reflects the formation of identity under strain, where energy circulates through absence, repetition, and resistance. For collectors, this exhibited work represents a psychologically charged and structurally disciplined meditation on survival, perception, and self-definition.

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High Growth
This work demonstrates strong growth indicators through its exhibition provenance, its alignment with a pivotal moment in Gregory’s development, and its position within a cohesive series with limited availability and increasing collector interest.
One of One Original
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Retail Price: $4,800
Unframed
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Signature Masterwork Tier
The strength of the series’ exhibition visibility, paired with the depth of structural language present in this work, positions it as a defining example of Gregory’s mature mixed media practice.

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Artwork Details

Inspired by the Koan:

“Is it the inside or outside reflection shattered in a broken mirror?”

Poem written by the artist:

Can they match his energy?
The frequency—pigmented black and white as the light reflected in holy spaces
Emulating the world of their gods.
Material described in the eyes
Light dancing on the raindrops disrupting the flow of the oil that floats on top
He still drops the groceries in the rain filled pothole outside the crib
Cold, wet, absent of the grit and spit.

Oh, how he longs for the comfort of the night and quiet that fills the
Room with the volume matching the rent party and train mixing kissing beats
Passing by in thin air.

He was sweet kindhearted but blind.
In the heart not the eyes.
Both Mothers broke his heart
Had his mind
FUCKED UP
And daddy, big bros cousins, Family
Didn’t raise no punk.

Not as punk as his purple couture skirt with belt loops and pockets
For his chain wallet.
Tight fitted grey Doors shirt
K-mart loafers
Septum pierced bees wax dreads
Skateboard
and a
40 oz. of OE
Blunt
See
It was the birth of G

1996 on N 7 Street

Full Description

Shadow Boxing presents a high-contrast field of black and white forms disrupted by subtle tonal shifts and layered linear gestures. Pigmented blacks press against lighter grounds, while looping and angular marks move through the surface like echoes of impact and recoil. Areas of opacity and translucence overlap, revealing accumulated decisions beneath the surface.

The composition reads as a fractured mirror, where reflection is unstable and movement is constant. Visual rhythms suggest interruption, hesitation, and recalibration, mirroring the emotional terrain described in the artist’s writing. The work holds tension between stillness and aggression, mapping how internal conflict shapes perception, endurance, and clarity.

Authentication

Certificate of Authenticity included
Digital documentation provided
Hidden signature within the composition
Artist signature on the back

Provenance

Dauntless Indignant Geography Solo Exhibition

This artwork was featured in Gregory’s 2025 solo exhibition at NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory, a gallery centered on supporting emerging and mid-career contemporary artists. The exhibition explored internal geographies and the reconstruction of personal terrain through mixed media abstraction. After the exhibition concluded, the artwork returned to the artist’s studio collection.

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Market Relevance

The Dauntless Indignant Geography Series occupies a distinct position within contemporary abstraction by merging Zen inquiry, Black cultural memory, and spatial mapping. Shadow Boxing contributes to this dialogue through its focus on reflection, frequency, and internal struggle, offering collectors an exhibited work that resonates both culturally and psychologically within the broader arc of Gregory’s practice.

Comparable Sales

Comparable sales data is currently being compiled. Pricing is based on Gregory’s established retail structure for mixed media works and documented exhibition history.

Artist Market Position

Gregory is an established regional artist with national reach, with works held in private, public, and academic collections. His continued exhibition activity, expanding catalog, and growing licensing partnerships reinforce collector confidence. Exhibited works such as Shadow Boxing represent the most current evolution of his practice and hold strong relevance for long-term collectors of contemporary abstraction.

Price Growth of Mixed Media Works (2018–2025)

“Shadow Boxing operates as a meditation on fractured reflection and internal resistance.

Through stark contrast, layered disruption, and controlled rhythm, the work visualizes how identity forms under pressure and persists through repetition. As part of the Dauntless Indignant Geography Series, it affirms that confrontation, when turned inward, becomes a pathway toward clarity rather than collapse.”

— Curatorial Commentary

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