“Yo- B TV”
"Yo- B TV"
by Gregory J. Rose
2025, Mixed Media On Panel, 24“x24”
A high-saturation abstraction composed of layered yellow fields, fractured grids, and animated linear marks that flicker across the surface like broadcast signals. Exhibited in the Dauntless Indignant Geography Solo Exhibition at NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory. Unframed. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector Snapshot
Yo-B TV functions as a visual koan rooted in transmission, memory, and cultural frequency. Inspired by the question, “How dark is the sky and how light is the deepest part of the ocean?”, the work channels the push and pull between obscurity and illumination through the lens of mass media, street knowledge, and shared rituals of watching and listening.
As one half of the DIG Diptych, Yo-B TV operates in direct dialogue with RAPS, forming a paired meditation on how sound, image, and coded messages shape identity. The composition evokes the glow of television screens, the cadence of music videos, and the shared education delivered through cartoons, news cycles, and late-night broadcasts. For collectors, this exhibited work captures a culturally charged moment where visual culture became a conduit for survival, imagination, and self-definition.
Artwork &
Acquisition Details
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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.
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One of One Original
This is the only version of this artwork. No editions exist. The artist will contact the collector directly to coordinate delivery or domestic insured shipping.
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Retail Price: $4,800
Unframed
Framing recommendations available upon request. Local installation support offered.
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Available Until Sold
Standard acquisition timeline applies. Gregory will reach out within three to five business days to coordinate insured domestic shipping or local delivery.
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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.
Artwork Details
Inspired by the Koan:
“How dark is the sky and how light is the deepest part of the ocean?”
Poem written by the artist:
They tried to silence the drums and our chants by the fire.
Fab Five Freddy, Jean and Keith plugged us back into the airwaves
While they scrolled the New Testament of the “Streets” in
Chalk, paint—and TV.
The Old Testament was too bleak.
Cartoon characters replace saints and morals and ethics were shared
After the 5 O’clock news.
By 10 you better make sure your PJs were on, so you could catch the one last video.
That song from the corner where deals were made by the generals.
Block this and block that—switch the records,
Our parents read as—
Why you damn kids always scratching my jams.
Damn!!!
God Damnit!
Video killed the radio star—and Public Enemy changed time
And the flavor of our cool aid was more than red.
Like rent party cups on Brooklyn roof tops.
Stop—
you know
you ain’t from here.
He was from where the river meets the sky and the moose sings love songs to toads.
The space before Robert met the Devil on the roads in Mississippi.
Belly of Lead bullets from past conflicts over land and skin.
Blood-soaked fields of lost lineage.
The only gang he could bare to join road on decks with four wheels
A hope and a prayer as we bombed hill after hill—
Reciting the last mixed tape someone’s cousin brought back from
Philly—
Steaks, one slice of Sicilian cheese please.
And a Duce Duce of “Henny”
80’s and 90’s was different
Kind of….
Full Description
Yo-B TV presents a dense, rhythmic field dominated by saturated yellows layered with black structural bars, electric blue outlines, violet accents, and gestural linework. Rectangular forms stack and interrupt one another, mimicking channels, frames, and screens caught mid-transition. Black lines cut sharply through the composition, while looping marks and color breaks suggest signal distortion and overlap.
The surface carries a sense of constant motion, as if images are flickering in and out of clarity. Repetition and fragmentation mirror the experience of absorbing culture through broadcast media, where meaning is assembled from fragments rather than delivered whole. The painting reads as a map of cultural transmission, where sound, image, and memory collide to form a lived visual language.
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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The Diptych Collection
Market Relevance
The Dauntless Indignant Geography Series occupies a distinct position within contemporary abstraction by merging Zen inquiry, Black cultural memory, and spatial mapping. Yo-B TV extends this dialogue through its focus on broadcast culture, collective viewing, and the formation of identity through shared media experiences, offering collectors an exhibited work with strong cultural resonance and long-term relevance.
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 in private, public, and academic collections. His continued exhibition activity, growing catalog, and expanding licensing partnerships bolster collector confidence. Exhibited works such as Yo-B TV 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)
“Yo-B TV reframes broadcast media as both classroom and cipher.
Through saturated color, fractured structure, and rhythmic interruption, the work maps how culture, resistance, and imagination traveled through screens and speakers into lived experience. As part of the DIG Diptych, it asserts that transmission itself becomes a form of power, carrying knowledge forward through noise, distortion, and light.”
— Curatorial Commentary
Terms of Sale
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Returns
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Ownership transfer / documentation
Upon purchase, the collector receives:
• A Certificate of Authenticity
• A digital ownership document via email
• A signed confirmation of sale
• Shipping or installation coordination within 3–5 business days
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