Artist Presentation with Robert Adams, Florida Mining Gallery

Artist Presentation with Robert Adams, Florida Mining Gallery

Friday, October 10, 10AM

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Adams’ creations take inspiration from outsider art, neo-Dada, propaganda design, and D.C.'s DIY alternative culture. He says, "Art provided an alternate perspective on growing up in a military family. I admired folk artists' ability to make beautiful creations out of the overlooked and everyday. I began using pop imagery after a conservation corps job fishing colorful trash from streams. I often distill my images into simpler fields of color, reflecting the way art, through graphic design, has helped reduce the world into products and symbols."Humor and an appreciation of the absurd are vital to Adams. He combines disparate images, objects, and concepts as a form of brainstorming, a metaphor for the layering of the self. His works frequently relate to environmental and historical issues, including his works addressing plastics pollution and Carpetbag series delving into Lost Cause mythology.

Robert Dewitt Adams is originally from the Washington, D.C. area, also having lived in the Pacific Northwest and Minnesota. Currently in Jacksonville, after earning his MFA from the University of Oregon he has taught at Lane Community College and UNF. His work has been included in exhibitions around the U.S including shows at the Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, the Viridian Artists Gallery in Manhattan, the Smithsonian-affiliate Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, and the MOCA Jacksonville Triennial. Media featuring Adams' work have included Arbus magazine, WJCT Radio, Seattle Weekly, Art Access, and Artweek. He is manager at the Florida Mining Gallery.

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