Erased Histories -Boy, Alexander Adams
24th May-25th June
Monday-Fridays 10am-4pm
Aleph Contemporary, Station Road, Stroud GL5 3AR
0207 6924045
Aleph Contemporary in Stroud proudly presents “Erased Histories: Art in Destruction, A Journey Through Ruins and Figures,” featuring British painter Alexander Adams. This compelling exhibition, Adams’s first major solo show in Britain in over a decade, explores themes of defacement and decay in historical narratives.
Highlighting pieces from 1995 to new works, including the first public showing of “BOY (A)” a preliminary version of the work acquired by the National Museum of Wales.
HOWEVER WEAK, FLAWED, EVIL OR UNFASHIONABLE, THE ARTIST – AND WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVERY PERSON (INCLUDING US) IS THE PRODUCT OF OUR ERA AND CULTURE - TELLS US A TRUTH ABOUT OURSELVES THAT WE MAY NOT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
ALEXANDER ADAMS
Alexander Adams (b. 1973, London) is a British painter. He studied fine art at Goldsmiths College, London in the 1990s before exhibiting widely. His art is in the collection of the V&A, the National Museum of Wales, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, as well as private and corporation collections worldwide. He won the 2018 Artist Scholarship of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco. He has lived in London, Spain and Berlin; he currently lives and works in the North of England.