Grand Gestures is a visual overview of a decade of Amanda Ross-Ho’s career.

Building upon a background in prop design, Los Angeles–based artist Amanda Ross-Ho (born 1975) resizes and reinvents everyday objects such as clocks, drying racks and sheet masks, giving them a theatrical twist that uncovers the relationship between art, labor and systems of production.

Presented chronologically, this landmark volume documents the artist’s techniques of scaling and replication, and the use of found objects, illustrating how she uses these methods to transform everyday items into works that explore themes such as loss, time, and preservation. Ross-Ho’s interest in manipulating perceptions of time and space, often through theatrical installations, reveals the relationship between art, labor, and systems of production. 

An essay by critic Catherine Taft examines Ross-Ho’s conceptual approach to archives, materiality, and time. By acknowledging the incompleteness of archives, including her own, Ross-Ho integrates the inevitability of absence into her work, raising questions about how we document and preserve history.

A conversation between the artist and book editor Roos Gortzak offers additional insight into her work, labor, systems of production, and the making of this publication.

Designed by Nick Massarelli & Mark Owens

Published by Inventory Press & Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, 2025

Hardcover, 580 pages, full color offset, 7.5 × 9.45 inches

ISBN 978-1-94-175389-7