Lisa Adams: Paradise Notwithstanding | The place that Adams conjures through the juxtaposition of decay and possibility is one that comes to terms with the coexistence of the real and the ideal. "It's a vision of imperfection's guiding light," says the artist.
Just as decay and possibility come together in Lisa Adams' work for Paradise Notwithstanding, the new paintings are completely fluent in both the language of abstraction and of representation. This balance, and tension, leads viewers to explore the varied possibilities within each work, with visual iconography including water features, flora elements, atmospheric texture, and color fields.
In writing about her new work Adams says: "Though the paintings could be viewed as a puzzle, I'd rather think of them as a collection of elements that foster our ability to trust a sense of place in the world while they encourage us to question reality. I'm not interested in beauty or non-beauty, hence the title Paradise Notwithstanding. I'm interested in the complexity that won't allow me to define what I'm looking at, and to establish a narrative; a narrative that's shy and hidden from view and with time unpacks itself."
Lisa Adams: Paradise Notwithstanding opens Sunday, December 11 at CB1 Gallery.
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