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Adam Friedman – “Space and Time, and Other Mysterious Aggregations” @ Eleanor Harwood Gallery Search... HOME FEATURES STUDIO VISITS INTERVIEWS FAIRS STREETS VIDEOS BLOGS FORUM SOCIAL ABOUT Preview: Adam Friedman – “Space and Time, and Other Mysterious Aggregations” @ Eleanor Harwood Gallery Posted by sleepboy, January 22, 2013 Like 12 Tweet Arrested Motion Like 49,062 people like Arrested Motion. Facebook social plugin POPULAR POSTS Today This week This month Shepard Fairey x Lance Armstrong Mural @ Nike’s Montalban Upcoming: Jean-Michel Basquiat @ Gagosian With the opening set for January 26th at the Eleanor Harwood Gallery, the time is right to preview Adam (New York) Friedman’s newest body of work. Space and Time, and Other Mysterious Aggregations will feature the Portland-based artist’s signature surreal geologic forms, created through the process and painting and mixed media work. He describes his imagery thusly – “I paint symbols and tropes that we comprehend as landscape; mountains, sunsets, etc. But I Openings: “Nocturnes: Romancing the Night” @ relish the mystery of the natural world, and I’m curious what happens when we view nature through a lens that breaks National Arts Club the rules of our understanding. In my work, rules of perspective, distance, and light are bent. Space can become a solid object and places are folded on top of one another. Millions of years are compacted into a single instant and rocks Releases: Swoon – “Thalassa” @ Paper Monster become fluid. I strive to present a moment that defies human intervention in the landscape, and pays homage to the potential in the inexplicable.” Preview: Art Stage Singapore Discuss Adam Friedman here. Via Hi-Fructose. Streets: Mantis (not Banksy) Viewpoints: Top 25 Most Expensive Banksy Works Ever Studio Visits Takashi Murakami x Hajime Asaoka Watch Openings: Tim Biskup – “Excavation” @ Antonio Colombo SEARCH Search CALENDAR 1.08 : Writers and Writers @ MoMA (NY) 1.09 : James Jean @ Jack Tilton (NY) 1.09 : Jose Parla @ The Barclays Center (NY) 1.10 : Robert Lazzarini @ Marlborough Chelsea (NY) 1.10 : David Shrigley @ Anton Kern (NY) 1.10 : Liu Bolin @ Galerie Paris-Beijing (Paris) 1.11 : ... Til The End Of The World @ Roq La Rue (Seattle) 1.12 : Nate Frizzell @ LeBasse Projects (LA) 1.12 : David MacDowell @ Thinkspace (LA) 1.12 : Andrew Schoultz @ Mark Moore (LA) 1.12 : Haroshi & Aakash Nihalani @ Jonathan LeVine (NY) 1.17 : Nocturnes @ National Arts Club (NY) 1.18 : Vitruvius @ Martha Otero (LA) 1.18 : Eric White @ Gallery Poulsen (Copenhagen) 1.18 : HuskMitNavn @ V1 Gallery (Copenhagen) 1.19 : Conjoined III @ Copro Gallery (LA) 1.19 : Alex. Manukyan & Yoko d'Holbachie @ Last Rites (NY) 1.19 : While We Were Away @ 941 Geary (SF) 1.19 : Dzine @ Dallas Contemporary 1.19 : Ephemeral @ Circleculture (Berlin) 1.24 - 1.27 : Art Los Angeles Contemporary 1.24 - 1.27 : Art Stage Singapore 1.25 : Dan Witz @ Lazarides - Rathbone (London) 1.26 : MAS: ATTACK @ LA Mart (LA) 1.26 : Adam Friedman @ Eleanor Harwood (SF) 1.31 : Mark Dean Veca @ Christin Tierney (NY) 2.01 : Jay Howell @ FFDG (SF) 2.01 : Dabs Myla @ Metro Gallery (Melbourne) 2.07 : Jean-MIchel Basquiat @ Gagosian (NY) 2.08 : Jose Parla @ Haunch Of Venison (London) 2.09 : Supernatural @ JANM (LA) 2.09 - 2.16 : POW WOW 2013 (Hawaii) 2.14 : Kehinde Wiley @ Contemporary Jewish Museum (SF) 2.23 : Leslie Ditto & Xue Want @ Copro Gallery (LA) 2.23 : Olek @ Jonathan LeVine (New York) 2.24 : Joe Sorren @ AFA (NY) 3.31 : Barry McGee @ Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Texas) ARCHIVE Select Month Related posts: 1. Openings: Kevin E. Taylor – “Dislocated” @ Eleanor Harwood 2. Teaser: Adam Neate @ Olympia International Art Fair 3. Teaser: Adam Neate – “A New Understanding” @ Elms Lester 4. Art HK ’10: Adam Neate @ Schoeni Gallery 5. Showing: Adam Neate – “Dimensional Paintings & Editions” @ Elms Lester Categories: Contemporary Art, Shows & Events. Tags: Adam Friedman, Contemporary Art, San Francisco, Shows & Events. 0 comments • 8 reactions ★ 0 Leave a message... Discussion Community Share # No one has commented yet. ALSO ON ARRESTED MOTION What's this? ! Streets: Metlac Bridge Graffiti (Mexico) Basel Week Miami ’12: Brian Viveros – “War of 3 comments • a month ago the Roses” @ SCOPE / Thinkspace Con Ziyus — I'm not going to say that I think it's 3 comments • a month ago fake, but that it's really hard to say, for me. The disqus_KvD2ITYOYP — when you start printing this video doe… shirts and selling them in kiosks at the local mall for $20 then try to… Upcoming: Haroshi – “Virtual Reality” @ Streets: Aakash Nihalani – “Sum Times” Series Jonathan LeVine Gallery 1 comment • a month ago 1 comment • 23 days ago elfo — http://www.ekosystem.org/photo... ComplexitE — Looking forward to this one.. r Comment feed m Subscribe via email © 2012 Arrested Motion LTD. All Rights Reserved..
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