Adam Simon (artist)
Adam Simon is an American art writer and conceptual painter. His works often feature stock photography, corporate logos, historical art images. According to Hyperallergic, he uses paint rollers, acrylics, and Mylar stencils to make silhouetted and overlapping paintings of images.
Born in Hampstead, England, Simon is one of the four sons of artist, Morris Simon and Josephine Simon from Johannesburg, South Africa. His brothers are Jason Simon, Dan Simon, and Mark Simon.
Works
Exhibitions
Simon's work has been featured in exhibitions at Osmos, Carriage Trade, Studio 10, Galerie Richard, Minus Space, The FLAG Art Foundation, Steven Kasher Gallery, Center for Contemporary Arts, and Lesley Heller Gallery.Public projects
From 1984-1988, Simon and Michele Araujo organized artist gatherings called Four Walls in Hoboken, New Jersey.. From 1991 - 2000, Four Walls was operated in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, primarily by Adam Simon and artist Michael Ballou. The Four Walls archives are housed in the Smithsonian Archive of American Art.In 2006, Simon launched the Fine Art Adoption Network as part of the New Commissions Program at Art in General. Patricia Milder said: "Simon prefers to look at the network not as some sort of intentional social sculpture but as a natural outgrowth of his work as a painter."