art is a story best told in silence by you, not to you.
Fired Clay
I sculpt a block of clay by shooting it with various guns and caliber bullets. I love working with clay because it has memory. Since clay has memory, it captures this aggressive action through the ballistics of the bullet. Firearms are perceived as very controversial things, and shooting a hole through something might be interpreted as violent or deadly, but in the context of my work, I am using the gun to create rather than destroy. The weapon is simply a tool used to manipulate the clay, like the potter’s wheel, slab roller or any other potter’s tool.
Framed construction
I use the materials of construction to reveal the process of construction. I’m creating a conversation between art, and construction. We often take for granted the work and labor that went into our homes, and are ignorant to those lives that inhabited them before us. I started this series when my father was hospitalized, and I learned he helped build the room he was in. A family member noticed a painting of a boat hanging on the wall and said “Adam you should make work like that, thats art.” I thought to myself the wall behind it was more artistic, because the man in the room built it.
performance & Installation
I create rooms, and performances that invoke perception. What I see in the work is irrelevant. It is what you experience that matters, and that you become aware of your own perception.
Receiver
Chalk Walk
