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Phoebe Adams
Large Biomorphic Abstract Bronze Sculpture Phoebe Adams Wall Hanging

1985

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"What Remains" Cast bronze with patina, 1985. Cast at Johnson Atelier, Hamilton NJ Exhibited at Guggenheim Museum 1985 Provenance: Sold through Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NY The second photo is the picture in the catalogue. I received it from the artist. I do not have the catalogue available. Studio handcrafted solid cast bronze Biomorphic shell wall sculpture. Abstract exoskeleton theme. This is a corner piece as can be seen in the catalogue photo (we do not have the catalogue). To be mounted on left side wall of corner, piece reached across to right side across corner (as per artists instructions). Phoebe Adams is an American female Post War & Contemporary artist who was born in 1953. Their work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Locks Gallery and the David Richard Gallery, New York. Phoebe Adams has been featured in articles for the ARTFORUM and the "New York Times". Phoebe Adams has emerged as one of the Philadelphia area's most prominent artists and has also achieved national recognition. Her unique cast bronze sculptures, to which she occasionally adds copper and wood, are rooted in physiological phenomena, appearing by turns archeological and anatomical. They derive from the tradition of biomorphism as pioneered by Jean Arp, Joan Miro and, more recently, Louise Bourgeois. Adams' sculptures evoke a wide range of associations with organic processes such as fossilization and decomposition and with natural forms such as shells, ammonites, human organs and bones, crustacean appendages, pods and cocoons. In her oeuvre images of growth and transformation are metaphors for psychic processes: the manner in which ideas grow, turn in on themselves and give birth to new thoughts. Her work has the organic aesthetic qualities found in the work of Michele Oka Doner, Lynda Benglis and Nancy Graves. Her work was included in the fourteenth International Sculpture Conference in Philadelphia, 1992. Featuring works by Phoebe Adams, Anthony Caro, John Chamberlain, Mark Di Suvero, Joel Fisher, R.M. Fischer, Nancy Graves, Sol Lewitt, Judy Pfaff, Martin Puryear, George Segal, Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Richard Wentworth, Christopher Wilmarth, Jackie Winsor, and Isaac Witkin. Adams' work has been included recently in major exhibitions across the United States, including 1988's highly regarded "Sculptures: Inside Outside" at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the forthcoming "Sculpture on the Edge" at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. For the Walker Art Center Adams also was commissioned to create a permanent public sculpture for their sculpture garden, which includes works by most of the major sculptors working today. Adams is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; The Guggenheim Museum, New York City; and both The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Represented by Curt Marcus Gallery, New York City, and Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Adams teaches sculpture at Moore College of Art and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. EDUCATION 1978 M.A., S.U.N.Y. , Albany, NY 1977 Skowhegan School of Printing and Sculpture, ME 1976 B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 "Scholar Rocks and Other Deep Spaces" Seraphin Gallery, Phila. Pa. 2004 Philadelphia Airport-Main Concourse Between Terminals B&C 2001 "Paintings", Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2000 "Out of Reach," Paintings and Doodles, Nesbitt Gallery, Drexel University, Phila., PA 1999 "Recent Sculpture" Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1997 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1995 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia 1994 College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1993 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue) 1991 Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1990 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY 1991 Lawrence Oliver Editions, Philadelphia, PA 1991 Beaver College, Glenside, PA (brochure) 1990 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY 1988 Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1987 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY 1986 Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1985 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1981 Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016 Biennial Center for Maine Contemporary Art Rockland, Maine John Yau and Elizabeth Berry Jurors 2007-8 Confrontations Three-Dimensional Art—Including Works by Sol LeWitt, Katerina Fritch, Anselm Kiefer Felix Gonzalez-Torres, New Perelman Building, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phila., PA 2006 “Notations: Energy Yes!” Including Works by Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Thomas Hirschhorn, and Ana Mendieta, Curated by Carlos Basualdo, Philadelphia Art Museum, 2002 “Prints from the Vermont Studio Press”, Fleming Museum, University of Vt., Burlington, VT 2000 "Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1999 “Contemplation,” Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 1998 “Obsessive Compulsive Order,” Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, NY 1997 “Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity,” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, 1996 “Art Foundry Editions,” Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY 1996 “Woman: Object/Subject,” Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA 1996 “Subjective Vision,” Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
  • Creator:
    Phoebe Adams (1953, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1985
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)Depth: 16 in (40.64 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor wear commensurate with age.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3828409182
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