Adam Sheetz
Adam Sheetz
Artist Adam Sheetz debuts solo show, “What Now.”
Cutting-edge and game-changing artwork is what Jacques de Beaufort, UNIT1 gallery director, seeks to exhibit at his boutique size, alternative arts and music space in Lake Worth. So when it was time to select an artist whose work deeply resonated and provoked the creatively savvy Beaufort for a new show, he went with local artist, illustrator and musician Adam Sheetz. “You can’t just look at his work and walk away it throttles you,” Beaufort says. “Adam takes aim at the institution of society and makes you feel something whether you agree with it or not.”
Sheetz, also plays in Americana outfit, the Darling Sweets, has shown work in group shows and is breaking away for the first time to debut in a solo show “What Now,” opening on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at UNIT1. “What Now” consists of nearly 20 pieces ranging in size and medium, mainly of ink and acrylic paintings and illustrations laid out on found objects and materials the artist manipulated into a suitable canvas. “I have always been driven by capturing flaws. Broadly speaking, the work is mostly derived from socio-political issues. But at the core, I draw from the things that make us human – the flawed, selfish, disgusting, perverse creatures that we can be,” Sheetz says of the collection he’s worked on over the past five years.
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His work is influenced by the greats such as Ralph Steadman, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Salvador Dali, Jacques Louis David and Picasso. “I try to portray issues in a way that is stretched so far beyond reality that we arrive at some level of truth that otherwise gets missed,” he says. “I don’t think you can see things for what they really are until they’re brought to such an extreme version of themselves that you have no choice but to face them. That is what I’m trying to achieve in my work.”
Adam Sheetz’ “what now.” opening reception occurs on Saturday, April 11, 2015, from 7pm to 2am at UNIT1, located at 1202 Lucerne Ave., in Lake Worth. Jangle Leg performs. No cover. Click on images to enlarge.
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