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John Adelman5, 307 nails2018
2018
About the Item
John Adelman was born in a small town in northwest Ohio in 1969. In 1992, he earned a BFA in painting, drawing and printmaking from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Upon graduating, he worked first for CM/SNP Printing, a local newspaper print shop, and then for Airwaves Inc. a t-shirt design silk screen-printing manufacturer for ten years, in which, it is estimated he produced over 12 million images during his tenure. In 2006, John earned his MFA from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. After moving to Houston, he worked with galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Marfa Texas and Bradbury Gallery at Arkansas State University. John currently has representation by two galleries in Houston and Los Angeles. Adelman has been a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize, awarded by Hunting PLC, 3 times (in 2009, 2012, and 2014).
STATEMENT:
My work of drawing on canvas is an exploration of process, rules-based art. This procedure is comprised of a formula of specific actions based upon a variable circumstance and can be rooted in computer based algorithmic if, then statements. These procedural mandates are instituted from the beginning of a work and continue through its completion. The formula can dictate, structure, color, composition, scale and interior or exterior values. The formula not only controls my actions as the artist but likes organizes either the component parts of a (dismantled) object or the component parts of a single used dictionary. When the dictionary is put into play, I transcribe definitions from the 1979 Unabridged Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary. I create dense, layered images of handwriting or convert letters of the definition into their numeric counterpart and proceed through the formula with the use of that number as a means a moving through the whole of the image. Primarily, the most used component is nails, an extension of the dismantled object, traced and sometimes labeled. Other works have included individual stitches from an entire embroidery, every part of a motorcycle, electric organ or a parts manual of a 50-caliber machine gun, to name a few. Regardless of whichever methodology is employed, every work has a large volume of traced or transcribed components. Each work’s title conveys this understanding to the viewer. Traced component works are entitled by the total number of tracings. While transcribed component works are titled by the initial defined word (which picks up where the last piece ended). This procedure establishes an internal chronology within the text-based body of the work. While I have been using this system of creation for fourteen years the formulas continue to increase and produce ever new and diverse works. For it is my desire to see, not foresee, the complete determination of the formula.
- Creator:John Adelman (1969, American)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10523248143
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