In celebration of the final day of JIM ADAMS: Eternal Witness, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles is pleased to announce a virtual conversation featuring Jim Adams and curator jill moniz on Saturday, February 27th at 10:00 am. Please RSVP to gallery@luisdejesus.com or 310-838-6000.
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID # 862 2206 8663
Passcode: artisttalk
Eternal Witness marks Adams first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and his first in the United States in over 45 years. The exhibition presents new paintings and sketches completed over the last four years along with a selection of works dating to the mid-late 1990s and the early 2000s. Reflecting on this groundbreaking exhibition, jill moniz writes, “In my view, Jim's oeuvre is a documentation of his journey as it unfolds. Every painting is a step into memory, cellular and otherwise, the conservation of progress, the cartography of personal expression and experience.”
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Jim Adams (b. 1942, Philadelphia, PA) has lived and worked in British Columbia since 1969. Adams received his BFA from Temple University in 1965 and his MFA from University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He has taught at Fleisher Memorial Art School in Philadelphia, the Print Club of Philadelphia, California State University, Long Beach, Laguna Beach School of Art and Design, and at Douglas/Kwantlen University College until his retirement in 2000. Adams’ 2017 retrospective The Irretrievable Moment was presented concurrently at The Surrey Art Gallery and The Reach Gallery Museum in British Columbia, Canada. Adams will be included in the 2021 Vancouver Triennial, opening in May.
jill moniz is an independent-minded curator of visual narratives. She shares her vision of empowering visual literacy through community engagement with neighborhoods, museums, and galleries worldwide. Her curatorial investigations launched from her project space Quotidian and the non-profit Transformative Arts support local artists in site-specific installations and exhibitions that create much needed visual language for the greater good. Her noted exhibitions in Los Angeles include LA Blacksmith at CAAM and The RIDDLE Effect at Craft Contemporary.