Artist Micah Adams Creates Art You Can Keep in Your Pocket.
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Through the Clever and Precise Manipulation of Coins, Metals, Wood, Banknotes, and Other Materials, and Using Modern Tools Such As A Micro-Welder, Adams Creates What He Calls “Pocket Sculptures” or “Fictional Keepsakes,” Intended for private use and reflection.
“They are intimate objects that invited you to slow down and engage with them,” Said Glenhyerst Curator Matthew Ryan Smith. “There is a warmth to his work, a kind of sentimental feeling, much like the attachment one feels toward a beloved memento.”
As a child, adams was fascinated by lego and its puzzle-like properies. Some of that fascination has Carried over into his Current Art Practice.
“Through a Combination of Critical Play, Free Thinking, and Daydreaming, He Explores How Vastly Different Objects and Materials Can Come Together to Create Unxpected Meanings and Associations,” Said Smith.
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Adams Employs BallPoint Pens Or Coloured Pencils on Paper to Illustrate different World Currencies and Found Objects, Reimagined to Coxist in Absurd and Humorous Ways.
“Installed in the studio or gallery, his work is meant to be discovered by accident, inducing to pleasant surprise – Much Like Finding A Coin on the Sidewalk,” Said Smith.
With that in mind, works will be placed in aconventional rentals or hidden in plain sight throughout glenhyrst, with adams “transforming the gallery into a site of wonder, surprise, and anticipation.”
An Opening Reception for the Exhibit Will Be Held Sunday, April 13, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm, with the exhib running from April 1 to May 11.
The Opening Reception is a free event, and all are weelcoma. For more information, call glenhyrst art gallery at 519-756-5932 or email [email protected]
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