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

Site-Specific Drawing at the Adam Lister Gallery

This is one view of the site-specific drawing "Relentless Continuity 3/1/2010-3/11/2010" at the Adam Lister Gallery. The drawing wraps 360 degrees around the column, never allowing the viewer to see the entire drawing at once. Like most of my site-specific drawings it will also be destroyed at the end of the exhibition period (Currently the drawing will be on view for the current exhibition and perhaps extended into the next exhibition). Its about 8'x2'x2' and was executed with graphite. See more site specific drawings here.

Pardon the snapshot, proper high quality documentation coming later.

Solo Show Booked for November/December 2010

I just confirmed an unsolicited solo show at the Athenaeum in Alexandria, VA for November/December. Look for some paintings in new formats....

In Progress: Site-Specific Drawing At Adam Lister Gallery

I'm currently creating a site-specific drawing at the Adam Lister Gallery in Fairfax, VA. I hope to see you at the opening this Friday, March 12 2010 from 6-9pm. Press release for the exhibition "Unforgettable" is below:

ADAM LISTER GALLERYFEBRUARY 16, 2010
Fairfax Village Plaza
3995 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

PRESS RELEASE

UNFORGETTABLE

Group Show

Mar.12-Apr.18, 2010

opening reception:

Friday March 12, 6-9pm

The Adam Lister Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of "Unforgettable". This is a group exhibition featuring artwork that addresses ideas and concepts that have to do with time. As a practical matter, clocks and calendars regulate everyday life. Yet at the most primitive level, human awareness of time is simply the ability to distinguish which of any two events is earlier and which is later. We live in a reality that is dependent on measurements. Across all aspects of life, we measure quantities, weights, speeds, temperatures, sounds and times, constantly comparing one thing to another.

The concept of time can be discussed on several different levels: physical, psychological, philosophical, scientific, and biological. Every moment there has ever been and ever will be, every object, every thought and feeling, and every action and reaction all make up our own individual perceptions of time. The way the same subway ride can feel like no time at all one day, and seem to take forever another day, the speed of time is due to our reading of a sequence of events. The artwork in "Unforgettable", deals with natural human obsessions surrounding life, death, age, memory, structure, order, and freedom.

Artists: Diana Adams, John M. Adams, Susan Brown, Deborah Burdin, Sarah Burton, Donna Glubo Schwartz, Landon Jones, Adam Lister, Robbie Namy, Stephanie Rivers, Jamin Sheard, Chris Wise

For more info contact Gallery Director : Adam Lister

T# 646.263.7305

www.adamlistergallery.com

adamlistergallery@gmail.com
Fairfax Village Plaza
3995 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Moving the Studio

I've been silent for awhile, but big changes and new things are happening. I moved my studio into the AKA Building in Arlington, VA. After a huge snowstorm (or two or three, I can't remember) and quite a bit of disassembling and reassembling it is operational... it feels good to be painting in there.
Here are some photos from the move - there is more to come....








I've got several projects coming up, more later. You'll be over here before you know it.

Last Chance to See "Exposed"

"Seep"
oil and acrylic on birch
20"x17" - 2009
Currently at Mayer Fine Art

"Exposed" a juried group show at Mayer Fine Art (click the link for more info)
333 Waterside Drive, Suite #252, Norfolk, VA 23510 tel. (757) 803-4749
Opening Reception :Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 7:30-10 PM
Awards announced at 9pm
February 6- February 26, 2010
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursday 4-6pm
Friday 4-6pm
Saturday 12-4pm.
All other times, by appointment.