About

The Space Between documents the ongoing collaborative efforts between John M. Adams, J.T. Kirkland and Matt Sargent.  Please see below for each artist’s statement:

John M. Adams

My current body of work activates the perceptual connection between artist, object (or environment), and viewer. The paintings reflect my meditative process of repetitive mark-making through the transparent layers of subtle atmospheric and textured surfaces. These chaotic marks are juxtaposed with the structure of a regulated rhythm of horizontal lines. The paintings exude a precise amount of tension created through disparate delineations of space and form. The combination resonates with a quiet vibration that propels the viewer into an image whose color scheme and composition remain ambiguously familiar, as if from an incomplete memory that is nonetheless vivid.

J.T. Kirkland

My work reduces forms to their essential selves, creating a space for contemplation and appreciation. I take material – most often wood – and organize it into a form. Then, by process of negation I effectively remove material until I have less than when I started. The effect may be achieved by drilling holes or painting the wood with white house paint in order to blend in with the surroundings. What begins as a rough, yet promising, piece of wood becomes something more by being something less. By altering the context of the material however slightly, I am able to draw attention to its inherent beauty. In effect, my gesture only serves to bring forward that which is already there.

In pursuit of similar aims, I have also worked in drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and video. My work is the physical or implied manifestation of reductionism. I am interested in all possible ways of exploring that concept.

Matt Sargent

[coming soon: see www.mattsargentmusic.com for his full bio.]