Prepping for "Finding Zero"

I deliver the paintings Sunday to the Athenaeum for my solo "Finding Zero". Still plenty to do in the meantime - finishing the cold wax varnish on the newest paintings, paintings edges and backs, packing, inventory - tweaking the artist statement and assigning titles from the pages of gibberish in my sketchbook - drinking too much coffee - this is going to be a great show....

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Upcoming Exhibitions John M. Adams Happy Holidays! Its been a productive fall and summer so why not start 2011 off with two exhibitions of my new work: a third to begin in March. I hope to see you at the "Finding Zero" opening reception on January 9, 2011 from 4-6pm. More details below.... "Finding Zero" at The Athenaeum Solo Exhibition: January 6, 2011 - February 26, 2011 John M. Adams' paintings represent the process of grasping at that which is transient and ephemeral. Adams' adventures canoeing down rivers, traversing mountains, and navigating urban jungles inform their visual language. His perceptions of these experiences remain ambiguously familiar and appear if not in the composition of the work, then in the process. More info here.Opening Reception: 4-6pm, January 9, 2011 201 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314 703.548.0035 "Efflux" at Smith Farm Healing Arts Gallery Solo Drawing Installation: January 11 - January 31, 2011 ef·flux /ˈɛflʌks/ [ef-luhks] -noun 1. outward flow, as of water. 2. something that flows out; effluence. 3. a passing or lapse of time. 4. a passing away; expiration; ending. This graphite drawing has been created specifically for the site, and will be destroyed at the close of the exhibition. It will be on display 24 hours a day for three weeks in the window of the gallery while the main gallery space is under construction. A video documenting the creation of the drawing will accompany the installation. More info here. 1632 U St NW Washington, DC 20009 202.483.8600 "Like Nowhere I've Been" at Evolve Two Person Exhibition: March 5, 2011 - April 23, 2011 Evolve Urban Arts Project presents "Like Nowhere I've Been: Landscapes de un Sueno". This two person exhibition features the large scale ethereal graphite drawings of John M. Adams and Mark Parascandola's photographs of abandoned "Spaghetti Western" stage sets in the Spanish desert. Curated by Eric Hope. More info here. 1375 Maryland Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002 202.489.8160 As always, thank you for your interest and support, I look forward to seeing you soon at one of the exhibitions. If you would like to schedule a studio visit, send me an email. Sincerely, John M. Adams www.thefullempty.com Paintings, Drawings and Site-Specific Artwork My studio is open by appointment only, but you can always peek in the window to see whats new...

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Time and Artwork

The last five months have been interesting. Yes its been a while since I've blogged. I've posted some of my paintings in progress on facebook, but for the most part I've been pretty quiet. I've been putting in the hours in the studio, getting out to get inspired, teaching for two different institutions (one full time and one part-time), preparing for my upcoming shows, participating in Hickok Cole Art Night again in October, and rethinking much of the painting I've been doing over the last couple of years. Actually, I'm not sure if that is the right way to describe it. None the less the paintings are changing after many, many hours of sitting, looking, drinking coffee, thinking, tweaking one or two things and then sitting back down to look for a very long time. The changes are drastic, and they aren't at the same time. I've taken many walks and runs through the woods to clear my head, spent a little time fishing and spent a few days canoe camping solo to try to wrap my mind around it. Still working on that - but the work is coming along nicely as you can see by the "Declaration of Art Making" that J.T. Kirkland left in my sketchbook during a studio visit last Sunday. (I can schedule a few private studio visits before January, just let me know...)
All of this should make for a good solo exhibition at the Athenaeum (Alexandria, VA) which runs January 6, 2011 - February 27, 2011. The title of the show is "Finding Zero". (An opening reception will be held Sunday, January 9, from 4-6pm, everyone is welcome).

The day after that opening reception I am installing a large site-specific drawing titled "Efflux" at the Smith Farm Center For Healing and the Arts on U Street in Washington, DC. It will be up through the end of January 2011 and can be viewed 24 hours a day.

March 5 will bring my two-person show with photographer Mark Parascandola at Evolve Urban Art Projects on Maryland Ave in NE Washington DC. I will be showing my large Graphite drawings for the first time - don't miss that.

More later.

Through Saturday, November 20, 2010

I have a painting in this show. Only two days left to see it!

Images of work in progress at the studio

Here are some images of recent work in progress and some finished drawings. More information about my current work can be found on my website: www.thefullempty.com

Relentless Continuity 2010 by John M. Adams

This video documents the destruction of my most recent site specific drawing, "Relentless Continuity 2010" on May 30, 2010 at the Adam Lister Gallery.

My site specific drawings are created on location, for that specific location. Typically, they only last for the duration of the exhibition, and are destroyed when the exhibition is over. As a result of this situation, the transitory drawings require the viewer to be in a specific place during a specific time period to experience the work first hand.

For more information and additional images visit my website: www.thefullempty.com