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Renee Adams
Under Fragile Skies
March 1 – April 1, 2007
Opening Reception:
5-8pm
First Thursday, March 1, 2007
Under Fragile Skies is a collection of new botanically
inspired, mixed media sculptures by Renee Adams. These delicate
and alluring works depict hybrid plant and animal organisms
appropriated from the eccentric drawings of 19th century biologist
Ernst Haeckel. Displayed beneath glass domes, the sculptures
become hermetic specimens, quarantined and of unknown origin.
Much of Adams’ recent works question ideals of beauty
using botanical motifs. Furthering this exploration, Under
Fragile Skies considers our manipulation of nature and
our selves for our own pleasure and gain. Through their meticulous
detail, these works mirror the way we preen, fluff and fuss
over ourselves. In this sense the works become vacuous reflections
of our own vanity, at once enticing and offensive.
Renee Adams lives in Thorp, Washington and works as an arts
programmer at Gallery One Visual Arts Center. She has taught
art both in her local community and at Central Washington University,
where she obtained her MFA in sculpture. Recently, Adams has
been flirting with the dangerous world of public art.
Hours: Noon-5pm Friday-Sunday, or
by appointment.
Next Exhibition:
Tussle in Shorthand
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False Spring (detail) – 2006 steel, wood, copper,
acrylic glass, mixed-media 8.5x5x6 feet
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