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Atticus Adams
Button Reliquary - Original Sculpture

2022

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Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—generally found in screen doors, windows, and filters—he creates contemporary abstract sculptural artworks and installations, which resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks. This 21-inch high by 16-inch wide by 8-inch deep tabletop sculpture is created from aluminum mesh, copper ribbon, buttons, a mirror and wire on a metal stand. Size and price include stand. Atticus works spontaneously, feeling his way toward the objects that take shape in his mind as he shapes them almost entirely by hand. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Atticus grew up in West Virginia, steeped in traditional folk art. Several members of his family are self-taught artists, deeply involved in such crafts as wood carving and quilting. His formal art training includes stints at Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, and Harvard’s School of Architecture. Atticus has fond summer memories of screened-in porches back home and screen doors that practically dissolved the barrier between inside and outside, allowing the warmth and nature to permeate each day. This association continues to resonate in his art. “Metal mesh is a beautiful, flexible material that allows you to explore shadow and transparency in endless ways,” he says. “The material lends itself to these biomorphic shapes, which aren’t necessarily intentional . . . The sculptures seem fragile but are actually quite resilient—like nature itself.” A well-known sculptor, the organically inspired artworks of Atticus Adams are held in public and private collections and are exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 "Theres a Pink Poodle in My Arcadia," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2018 "Summer of Green Apples with Salt," The Westmoreland Museum of American Art 2016 "Mesh Werks," Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA 2015 "Shapes & Forms," Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA 2014 Arcadia, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA 2013 Summertime, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA 2013 A Joggling Board Summer, Orchard Windows Gallery, New York City, NY 2011 Atticus Adams - An Appalachian in Paris, Borelli-Edwards, Pittsburgh, PA 2010 My Walden, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2007 Atticus Adams, Europ’art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Joyland, Mineral Spring Lofts, Pawtucket, RI INSTALLATIONS 2013 Seamonkey Garden, Children’s Museum – Waterplay Room, Pittsburgh, PA 2013 Majorelle Jardin, O’Bannon Oriental Carpets - windows, Pittsburgh, PA 2012 Silver Linings, Dinette, Pittsburgh, PA 2010 Transcendental, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Gestures 12, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA 2007 STRUNG, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2007 Best of Pittsburgh Show, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA 2007 Olympic Installation Theatre, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 The Chapel, Brew House Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 White Room, Unblurred, Pittsburgh, PA PROJECTS 2014 Madagascar – associate set designer, Quantum Theatre, PA 2013 Progression Film Project, Pittsburgh, PA 2013 Solaire Casino, Manila, The Philippines 2012 “Steel Weavers” video collaboration with sound artist Robert Weis 2010 Medallions & Cloud Chains, – Cosmopolitan Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 2010 Renaissance on the Allegheny, – Rensaissance Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA 2008 The Goat – set design sculptures, Pittsburgh Playhouse, PA 2006 After Mrs. Rochester – ass’t set designer, Quantum Theatre, PA AWARDS 2013 Anna Marie Sninsky Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 2008 The Kors, Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2008 Best In Show, Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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