Adam Ziskie: Who Will Tend the Garden?

Modern Eden Gallery presents Who Will Tend the Garden?, the debut solo exhibition of new paintings by Austin-based visual artist Adam Ziskie. 

“Who Will Tend the Garden?” focuses on the phenomenon of the shrinking city. Growing up between Flint, MI and Detroit, MI has made de-urbanization a pretty common visual. While Detroit is having a bit of a current renaissance, not all cities are experiencing the same revitalization. “Who Will Tend the Garden?” focuses on what will become of the infrastructure built for a population that is no longer there.

Constructed almost entirely of overlapping circles, with areas of pure draftsmanship, these paintings continue my focus on what I’ve termed “circlevision.” While I incorporate ink and graphite, my works are predominantly watercolor which I’ve always had a strong affinity for. When you paint with oil or acrylic there is a texture and form to even the thinnest layers of paint, but when you paint with watercolor it is nothing more than a strategically placed stain on a piece of paper. Watercolor paintings are paintings at their most basic truth--an illusion of form and shape."

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