Adam Hayes "Of The Triumph It Hosted"
Cindy Rucker Gallery
This event has ended.
numberthirtyfive gallery presents new drawings and an installation by Newark-based artist
Adam Hayes. This is his second solo exhibition with the gallery.
Drawing from such unlikely sources as high fashion photography and Las Vegas casinos, Hayes creates
works on paper that seem to be illuminated from within, with imagery that evokes classical architecture
and high-renaissance drapery. Hayes draws a moment: a wisp of hair on a neck, a beam of light
bouncing off a classical column, the shadow of a sculpture in a grand hall.
Hayes’ installations are more directly related to architecture. They not only involve direct references to
Las Vegas casinos and palaces, both real and imagined, but they involve actual constructs that light the
painted surfaces and help create areas for the installation to exist. In the installation for the exhibition,
Hayes created a structure that is supported by a pieced together construction that looks less temporary
than it was intended to be, as if a second breath to land on it will collapse it entirely. The light fixture has the same “rikki-tikki” feel to it. It is held together by clothespins, binder clips and Scotch tape.
Media
Schedule
from February 12, 2011 to March 20, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-02-12 from 18:00 to 20:00