Concrete Contemporary Auctions and Projects Contemporary Art Auction

April 13, 2015

LOT 30

Lot 30

MICHAEL ADAMSON

MICHAEL ADAMSON
Lot 30 Details
MICHAEL ADAMSON

FLIGHT GROUP; BEHRENS; FAIR GAMES

acrylic on canvas
set of three paintings, each signed, titled and dated 2000 on the overflap
each 8 ins x 6 ins; 20.3 cms x 15.2 cms

Estimate $1,200-$1,500

Realised: $1,680
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Provenance:

Private Collection, California

Literature:

Adamson, Michael. Artist Statement. Accesses 28 February, 2015. http://www.sopafinearts.com/artists/Adamson_Michael/adamson-bio.htm

Note:

“As an abstract painter, I have become increasingly interested in the structural language of colour and texture and the dynamic tension set up between the manipulation of a substance to reveal its properties and the external pattern created.”

A fundamental and deep attraction to the ways in which colour, texture and pattern interact on canvas compels Michael Adamson to paint. The interplay between these elements is complex in his work, drawing out intense, primordial emotions in response to his powerful colours and dense compositions. Hoary Green (2006) (lot 16) is an example of Adamson’s trademark colour fields interspersed with dots and blocks of bright pigment. The trio of paintings, Flight Group, Behrens and Fair Games (2000) are intimate gems that, although smaller than the works we are accustomed to seeing, retain Adamson’s signature design elements for which his larger canvases are known.

Michael Adamson graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver in 1997. Since then, his work has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Japan, the United States and across Canada. His paintings have been commissioned by major Canadian companies and can be found in many public, private, and corporate collections including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank of Canada, Holt Renfrew and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

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