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Adam Simon (born 1952) is an American artist and arts writer.[1] His paintings often features manipulations of stock photography, corporate logos, and historical art images,[2] and explores consumer culture and its effects on human interaction and activity.[3]
Works
[edit]Paintings
[edit]Simon creates images by transferring to canvas by rolling acrylic paint over stencils.[4] Hyperallergic's Thomas Micchelli, in reviewing Simon's logo-based exhibition said, "Simon paints the Nike swoosh as Gustave Courbet painted the seaside at Etretat — as a realist. And like Courbet, who scandalized the French Academy by submitting monumental canvases starring peasants to the Salon, his social scrutiny seeps into the works supposed objectivity."[5]
Writing in The Brooklyn Rail, Tom McGlynn wrote that, "Adam Simon engages this erstwhile feature in his ironically titled collage painting, Optimist (1992), by creating manic chains of circled want ads, interlocking as if the sky was the limit for the circler's ambition."[6]
Exhibitions
[edit]Simon's work has been featured in exhibitions at Carriage Trade (New York, NY), Studio 10 (Brooklyn, NY), Galerie Richard (New York, NY) , Minus Space (Brooklyn, NY), The FLAG Art Foundation (New York, NY), Steven Kasher Gallery (New York, NY), Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) (Santa Fe, NM), and Leley Heller Gallery (New York, NY).[7] From 2012 to 2021, Simon was affiliated with Studio 10 (Bushwick, NY), where he had three solo shows.[8]
Public Projects
[edit]Four Walls
From 1984-1988, In Hoboken, NJ, Adam Simon and Michele Araujo organized artist gatherings called "Four Walls." In 1990, Four Walls reemerged in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with co-organizer Michael Ballou in Greenpoint, Brooklyn., presenting one-night artist events through 1998. The Four Walls archives are now housed in the Smithsonian Archive of American Art.[9]
Fine Art Adoption Network
Simon was thinking about what happens to all the artists' work that goes unsold and he came up with an idea to put people who want art but may not be able to afford it in touch with artists who had a surplus of work in their studios. In 2006, the Fine Art Adoption Network was launched as part of the New Commissions Program at Art in General.[10] Hundreds of artworks were placed. Art in General produced a book that paired images of the artwork with the emails that hopeful art collectors sent to the artists to convince them to approve their adoption requests. Only a few copies remain in print.[11]
Patricia Milder wrote that the project was part of the artist's art practice:
"Simon prefers to look at the network not as some sort of intentional social sculpture but as a natural outgrowth of his work as a painter. The idea that this kind of social project is historically at odds with an object-oriented studio practice seems to weigh on him, but the ease with which F.A.A.N. fits into today's art world reflects the waning ghettoization of forms. In a sense, it is the perfect performance document. By imbuing art objects with the essence of a progressive social experiment and performative life event, an object transcends, even further, the materials with which it was created."[12]
Art Writing
[edit]Simon has been writing art criticism since 2019. His reviews have been primarily for the blogzine, Two Coats of Paint, but have also been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic and the London based Journal of Contemporary Painting. A series of humorous real-life parables were written for Cathy Quinlan's blog, Talking Pictures.[13][14][15][16][17]
Early Life
[edit]Adam Simon was born in 1952 in Hampstead, England,[18] one of four sons of Morris Simon and Josephine Simon who moved there from Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1957 the Simons emigrated again to Boston, Massachusetts, where his father was a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and inventor of medical devices. His brothers are Jason Simon, Dan Simon, and Mark Simon.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Artist's notebook: Adam Simon". Two Coats of Paint. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ Micchelli, Thomas (2016-05-28). "Adam Simon's Deadeye Realism". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Rocco, Ben La (2004-03-01). "Adam Simon". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ Micchelli, Thomas (2016-05-28). "Adam Simon's Deadeye Realism". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Micchelli, Thomas (2016-05-28). "Adam Simon's Deadeye Realism". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ McGlynn, Tom (2017-07-14). "Disappearing, Inc". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Adam Simon | 13 Exhibitions and Events | MutualArt". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Studio 10". www.studio10bogart.com. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Four Walls records, 1984-2000 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "The Business of Art: The Fine-Art Adoption Network". NYFA. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Milder, Patricia (2010-10-06). "THE PERFECT OBJECT: Circulating the Fine Art Adoption Network". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Milder, Patricia (2010-10-06). "THE PERFECT OBJECT: Circulating the Fine Art Adoption Network". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Chilver, John; Hunt, Andrew (2022-10-01). "Journal of Contemporary Painting, Vol 8:1; Special Issue: 'Minor Painting'". Journal of Contemporary Painting. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Simon, Adam (2022-10-04). "Sharon Butler: NEXT MOVES". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Adam Simon Archives". Hyperallergic. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Parables". Talking Pictures. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Search Results for "Adam Simon"". Two Coats of Paint. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Artist's notebook: Adam Simon". Two Coats of Paint. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ Pearce, Jeremy (2005-01-22). "Morris Simon, Developer of Flexible Blood Clot Filter, Has Died at 79". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-27.