Adam Liam Rose (b. 1990) is an artist exploring the visual language and architecture of “safety.” Born in Jerusalem and raised mostly in the United States, his multi-disciplinary practice investigates the propagandistic tactics governments employ to distract populations from real or perceived threats, often to legitimize power and assert control. Rose was a fellow at the Bronx Museum of the Arts' AIM Program, The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program, and the Art & Law Program. He was awarded artist residencies at Triangle Arts Association (Brooklyn, NY), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (Omaha, NE), Ox-Bow School of Art (Saugatuck, MI), among others.
Expressions of craters or wounds as opening toward possibility definitely resonates with a certain spiritual essentiality—having obsessed this year over O’Hara’s postwar Meditations phrase about heartbreak making him feel “more adventurous”, I feel greatly reassured by Adam’s presentation of a more contemporary visual and philosophical context for some perhaps parallel guiding thoughts! Many thanks.
As a queer person, the discussion of safety as a feeling that is elusive when it’s even in question really hit home
Expressions of craters or wounds as opening toward possibility definitely resonates with a certain spiritual essentiality—having obsessed this year over O’Hara’s postwar Meditations phrase about heartbreak making him feel “more adventurous”, I feel greatly reassured by Adam’s presentation of a more contemporary visual and philosophical context for some perhaps parallel guiding thoughts! Many thanks.