Robert Adams: The Plains, from Memory

Mar 31–May 27, 2022

Using wood and paint, Adams evokes the Colorado prairie.

Horizontal wooden artwork with a horizontal and a slanted inlay down the middle of the board
Untitled, 2020
wood, 5-1/2 x 11-3/4 x 3/4 inches [13.9 x 29.8 x 1.9 cm]
Gallery
Mar 31–May 27, 2022
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Wooden artwork with etchings and ink depicting a road and field with large white cloud
Untitled, 2020
ink on wood, 6-1/2 x 6-1/4 x 1/2 inches [16.5 x 15.8 x 1.2 cm]

Sea Stone & Other Pictures features a selection of painted woodblocks made by Robert Adams during the tumultuous spring of 2020, exhibited alongside the artist’s photographic views of the prairie. The simplified compositions draw on the stillness and grandeur that Adams remembers from his time spent on the Colorado prairie. A catalogue of these works, Robert Adams: The Plains, from Memory, will be published by Steidl this spring.

A black and white photograph depicting an open plain with clouds in the sky
The Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, ca. 1984
gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]
Vertical wooden artwork with etchings and green, yellow and blue ink
Untitled, 2020
ink of wood, 16-3/4 x 16-1/4 x 3/4 inches [42.5 x 41.2 x 1.9 cm]
Black and white photograph of a field and a road
Weld County, Colorado, 1987
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Modest in size and often painted in springlike hues with block-printing ink, the wooden works are made from the scraps of an old brick and board bookcase, and cut with simple handsaws.

Color photo of the inside of a woodshop with tools and shelves hanging on either side of a large central window
Robert Adams’s workshop in his Oregon home.
Square wooden artwork with etchings and ink depicting a green form
Untitled, 2020
ink on wood, 8-3/4 x 8-1/4 x 3/4 inches [22.2 x 20.9 x 1.9 cm]
A black and white photo of a tree
South of Burns, Oregon, 1999
gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]
Vertical wooden artwork with etchings and ink patches of blue, yellow, and green
Untitled, 2020
ink on wood, 13-5/8 x 6-3/4 x 3/4 inches [34.6 x 17.1 x 1.9 cm]
Black and white photograph of an empty dirt road through a flat grassy plain
Near Peyton, Colorado, 1968
gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (sheet) [25.4 x 20.3 cm]
Vertical wooden artwork with etchings and ink depicting field with clear blue sky
Untitled, 2020
ink on wood, 17-1/4 x 11-1/4 x 3/4 inches [43.8 x 28.5 x 1.9 cm]

Works on View

Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of woodblock with single angular cut on white stand
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of etched woodblock painted with washes of yellow, green, and blue on white background
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of painted woodblock depicting horizon with washes of blue, green, and yellow on white stand
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of exhibition depicting black and white photographs and painted woodblocks on white gallery walls
Color image of woodblock depicting a green plain and white clouds with washes of green, yellow, and blue on white stand
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of woodblock depicting various forms in washes of yellow, green, and white on white stand
Color image of exhibition depicting painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls
Color image of a woodblock depicting a road leading towards mountains on white stand
Color image of painted woodblocks and black and white photographs on white gallery walls

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