Adam Straus "Air and Water or: Everything's Fine Until It's Not"
Nohra Haime Gallery
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An exhibition of seascape paintings by Adam Straus, A"Air and Water or: Everything's Fine Until It's Not," marks the artist's 20th anniversary with the gallery. The exhibition juxtaposes 21 recent paintings with a seminal work from 2002 depicting an oil spill in the ocean, resulting in a moving statement about man's relationship to the natural world.
The exhibition title was inspired by the recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf. Straus began painting the results of oil spills in the early 1990s, and while the recent paintings focus on the sublime in the natural world, a sense that something is wrong seems to linger. The paintings are frequently encased in heavy lead frames, which suggest a toxicity occurring right outside of the picture, and contrast the spirituality of the natural world with the reality of man's seeming indifference to caring for it.
[Image: Adam Straus "Evening Off Plum Island" (2009) oil on canvas 63 x 58 x 2 in.]
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Schedule
from September 14, 2010 to October 23, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-09-14 from 18:00 to 20:00