Christopher Adams. Natural Selection. Installation view, 2011
CHRISTOPHER ADAMS
Natural Selection
Hosfelt Gallery, New York
23 June - 29 July
from the blurb —
Adams' art considers the concept in biological speciation called adaptive radiation, in which a pioneering organism enters a relatively untapped environment, reproducing profusely while differentiating rapidly and extensively. At the same time, the organism never departs too dramatically from the original form.
Each of Adams' pieces starts with a common structure and evolves into an ornate form. Some are broad and brightly-colored, others are mottled and shrunken or morphologically reduced. Some appear floral, others cephalopodal, and others have no identifiable counterpart in nature.
Christopher Adams has a degree in organismic and evolutionary biology.