Adam Putnam

Created in conjunction with Putnam’s exhibition Untitled at Locust Projects in 2012, the edition exists as documentation of the sculpture created within the space. In the artist’s words, the project originated as “An orphaned brick pillar standing alone in the center of the space like the remnant of a nameless, indeterminate space, half remembered...a romanesque abbey, an ancient mosque, a gothic vault beneath an altar, a crypt, Piranesi’s prison, Escher’s gallery. An armature for the experience of finding oneself alone in an architectural immensity that falls away and recedes in perspective like fading memories and fog enshrouded mountains.”

Born 1973. Lives and works in NYC. Adam Putnam’s work spreads across a variety of media - performance, projection and drawing. His work often delves into the psychological but holds fast to its roots in performance and architecture, exploring how the two often become intertwined. Putnam’s work has been included in various exhibitions worldwide, most notably the 2008 Whitney Biennial, 2nd Moscow Biennial, the Busan Biennial (South Korea), Art Statements, MoMA/PS1 and The Astrup Fearnley Museum (Oslo). Curatorial projects include an exhibition of Martin Wong entitled Everything Must Go at P.P.O.W. and Blow Both of Us at Participant Inc.