BmoreArt

November 1, 2022 – March 22, 2023

This exhibit presents two artists whose practices embody collection and accumulation as an active form of searching, selecting, sharing, and repurposing found objects. Both artists pull their materials entirely from their surroundings.

For Jordan Tierney, Baltimore’s parks, streams, woods, and waterways provide a rich site from which to harvest that which is transformed into art. For Adam Stab, Baltimore City’s urban landscape, full of printed materials and detritus informs his aesthetic and adds a layer of narrative to his mixed media collages and assemblages.

For both artists, accumulation and transformation is a hopeful, spiritual act. Creative reuse of discarded objects, each offering past lives and a specific material culture, marries our industrial past and present consumerist reality with a future that will certainly require significant change. Read more about the exhibit through our discussion with the artists and the Ecological Design Collective.

Learn about the limited-edition Post-Consumption Benediction book created for this show special for collectors and those specializing in unique art publications. Each copy is individually numbered and signed. Our first publication of its kind, featuring a unique hand-embellished cover by the artists, is a true work of art. Designed by Raquel Castedo, with studio visit photo essays by Jill Fannon and exhibition documentation by Vivian Doering, this limited-edition series was perfect for collectors and those interested in unique artist books.

The edition was limited to 60 copies, all of which have now sold out. Each book was hand-embellished and signed by both Adam and Jordan, making every copy one of a kind. The wooden cover was fabricated at Open Works, and the 48-page interior was printed by Indigo Ink.