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, that resemble flowers, clouds, and other natural phenomena. Working in metal, Adams effortlessly transforms rigid material into airy, effervescent artworks.
This 41-inch tall by 36-inch wide by 3-inch deep metal sculpture is a lightweight form created from coated aluminum mesh, acrylic paint, and wire. It has metal rings affixed on the back to hang on a wall. Adams 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.
Adams 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. Adams 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.
Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Atticus Adam's original artworks since 2017. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery.
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Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Seeking Sanctuary, Zynka Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
My Hydrangea Kingdom By a Bird Bath Sea, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 There’s a Pink Poodle in my Arcadia, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Summers of Green Apples with Salt, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2016 Mesh Werks, Desert Art Collections, Palm Desert, CA
2015 Shapes & Forms, Desert Art Collections, Palm Desert, CA
Mesh Lab: The Experiments, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Skeeter Baby and Other Specimens, Nutting Art Gallery, West Liberty University, WV
Arcadia, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Summertime, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 110x110x110, AAP Exhibition Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 AAP 107th Annual, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, PA
Current, Zynka Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Organic Subtleties, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
3D, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Touchstones, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX
How to Make Memories, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Blue, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Group A NOW, Box Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 59th Annual, Chautauqua Institution, NY
AAP 105 Show, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Summer Show, Art Space 616, Sewickley, PA
Screen Memories, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
AAP 104 Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2014 Flowers, Chautauqua Institution, NY
An Aberrant View, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY