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Given That All Things are Equal
2009
60 x 144 x 2 in. (152.4 x 365.76 x 5.08 cm)
Lisa Adams (United States, 1955 - ) Primary
Indestructible Wonder, April 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection, March 1, 2014 - August 24, 2014, New Wing, First floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Indestructible Wonder (2016-2017)
Lisa Adams explores the discord between natural and urban environments in the Los Angeles Basin and Inland Empire of Southern California. She made Given That All Things Are Equal in response to her numerous trips to the Salton Sea, an artificial lake located just southwest of Palm Springs, California. Created by an accidental flooding of the Colorado River in 1905, the Salton Sea ranks as one of the worst agricultural disasters in California’s history. “For me, it has this terrific far away, otherworldly sensation,” remarked Adams. “It feels like a place lost and forgotten but, somehow, in spite of its lack of being cared for, it continues along. In my imagination, it is a glimpse into a place on the earth that exists after human devastation.” Fascinated by nature’s endeavors to flourish after ruin, Adams meticulously rendered flora and fauna with a surreal twist on the illustrations of John James Audubon (1785 – 1851), for whom the nonprofit environmental organization National Audubon Society is named.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection (2014)
Lisa Adams explores the discord between natural and urban environments in the Los Angeles Basin and Inland Empire of Southern California. Adams is fascinated by the ways in which nature endeavors to reclaim the city. She regularly visits the Los Angeles River to watch birds, study plants, and witness the river’s revitalization after decades of decay. Her meticulously rendered paintings of flora and fauna recall with a surreal twist the illustrations of John James Audubon (1785 – 1851).
Adams made Given That All Things Are Equal in response to her numerous trips to the Salton Sea, an artificial lake located just southwest of Palm Springs, California. Created by an accidental flooding of the Colorado River in 1905, the Salton Sea ranks as one of the worst agricultural disasters in California’s history. “For me, it has this terrific far away, otherworldly sensation,” remarked Adams. “It feels like a place lost and forgotten but, somehow, in spite of its lack of being cared for, it continues along. I can’t say it thrives, but it persists. In my imagination, it is a glimpse into a place on the earth that exists after human devastation.”
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Given That All Things are Equal
Painting
200960 x 144 x 2 in. (152.4 x 365.76 x 5.08 cm)
Lisa Adams (United States, 1955 - ) Primary
Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on panel
Credit Line: Gift of Merry Karnowsky and James Panozzo
Accession Number: 2011.01a-c
Exhibition
Indestructible Wonder, April 18, 2016 - January 29, 2017, Second Floor, Central and North Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection, March 1, 2014 - August 24, 2014, New Wing, First floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
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Indestructible Wonder (2016-2017)
Lisa Adams explores the discord between natural and urban environments in the Los Angeles Basin and Inland Empire of Southern California. She made Given That All Things Are Equal in response to her numerous trips to the Salton Sea, an artificial lake located just southwest of Palm Springs, California. Created by an accidental flooding of the Colorado River in 1905, the Salton Sea ranks as one of the worst agricultural disasters in California’s history. “For me, it has this terrific far away, otherworldly sensation,” remarked Adams. “It feels like a place lost and forgotten but, somehow, in spite of its lack of being cared for, it continues along. In my imagination, it is a glimpse into a place on the earth that exists after human devastation.” Fascinated by nature’s endeavors to flourish after ruin, Adams meticulously rendered flora and fauna with a surreal twist on the illustrations of John James Audubon (1785 – 1851), for whom the nonprofit environmental organization National Audubon Society is named.
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection (2014)
Lisa Adams explores the discord between natural and urban environments in the Los Angeles Basin and Inland Empire of Southern California. Adams is fascinated by the ways in which nature endeavors to reclaim the city. She regularly visits the Los Angeles River to watch birds, study plants, and witness the river’s revitalization after decades of decay. Her meticulously rendered paintings of flora and fauna recall with a surreal twist the illustrations of John James Audubon (1785 – 1851).
Adams made Given That All Things Are Equal in response to her numerous trips to the Salton Sea, an artificial lake located just southwest of Palm Springs, California. Created by an accidental flooding of the Colorado River in 1905, the Salton Sea ranks as one of the worst agricultural disasters in California’s history. “For me, it has this terrific far away, otherworldly sensation,” remarked Adams. “It feels like a place lost and forgotten but, somehow, in spite of its lack of being cared for, it continues along. I can’t say it thrives, but it persists. In my imagination, it is a glimpse into a place on the earth that exists after human devastation.”
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