23/4/2004
Adam Stennett
31Grand, New York
'Before the accident', a solo exhibition featuring new paintings on wood, works on paper, and an installation containing 30-50 live mice. For the past three years Adam has submerged himself into a world of mice... constantly photographing, painting and living with as many as 36 in his studio.
BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
31GRAND is proud to present Adam Stennett's "BEFORE THE ACCIDENT," a solo exhibition featuring new paintings on wood, works on paper, and an installation containing 30-50 live mice. For the past three years Adam has submerged himself into a world of mice...constantly photographing, painting and living with as many as 36 in his studio.
Using a finely tuned photorealistic hand Stennett has created a series of paintings portraying a range of human emotions as played out by the mice; each painting captures a moment that conveys the poignancy of life. In a beautiful yet disturbing piece, "BEFORE THE ACCIDENT", a struggling white lab mouse is gripped by a latex-gloved hand as a syringe hovers overhead. Another lush painting, "MOUSE DESCENDING FICUS PUMILA" (creeping fig), captures a moment of peaceful introspection, calm among chaos, as a small dark mouse negotiates a steep descent of a wall of vivid green ivy. In the minuteness of their focus these paintings tend to open up possibility rather than define it. They ask the viewer to look at the world more closely.
The installation "IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD", involves 30-50 live mice which run through a series of industrial Clear Schedule 40 PVC pipe hanging a few feet overhead and extending into the walls of the gallery.
Directions: Subway -L Train to Bedford Ave. Walk south on Bedford Ave. to Grand St. Right on Grand St. to Kent Ave. Car -Drive over the Williamsburg Bridge. First exit. Right on Broadway. Right on Kent Ave. to Grand St.
For more information about the artist please contact us at 718.388.2858
Opening Reception Saturday, April 24, 7-10pm
Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 1-7pm, or by appointment
Image: Adam Stennett, Before the Accident, 2004
oil on wood, 24 x 24â€
31GRAND
31 Grand Street
Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York 11211
718.388.2858