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Adam Fuss: b. 1961

Adam Fuss b. 1961

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    Adam Fuss was born in London in 1961 and grew up in rural England, where he first began to document the natural environment through photography. This led to an experimentation with unconventional photographic processes and his eventual abandonment of the camera altogether. Fuss’s work is distinctive for its contemporary reinterpretation of photography’s earliest techniques, particularly the camera-less methods of the daguerreotype and photogram. Fuss believes that in order for any photographic technique to work, it should be personalized and transfigured into a greater metaphor, engaging processes that take place in the natural world.

    Best known for life size photograms of water, Fuss’s evocative imagery is imbued by the spiritual and poetic. His deliberate distillation of the essence of photography – a flash of light on a sensitized surface – emphasizes themes of transformation and perception. Intentionally avoiding the detailed clarity of traditional photography, Fuss’s works are ghostly manifestations of light and shadow. As reviewed in The New Yorker: “A restlessly inventive photographer, Fuss has made some of the most exciting, mysterious and provocative images of the past twenty years.”

    Roberta Smith, in reviewing Fuss’s work for The New York Times, wrote: “These images remind one of the early traditions of spirit photography, of van Gogh’s poplars and traditional Chinese landscape painting, not to mention the consuming power of fire. Most of all they offer in a new form the quality that is Mr. Fuss’s strength: breathtaking visual extravagance born of a combination of pure controlled chance and superb control.”

    Fuss has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. Widely shown, his work is represented in many American and international collections, including: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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  • Exhibitions
    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      7 - 10 Dec 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2017 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Adam Fuss,...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      5 - 7 May 2017
      Cheim & Read is pleased to particpate in the 2017 edition of Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      5 - 8 May 2016
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Ron...
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    • Art Basel Miami Beach

      Art Basel Miami Beach

      3 - 6 Dec 2015
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with a presenation of works by Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston,...
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    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      λόγος 10 Sep - 17 Oct 2015
      Cheim & Read is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by Adam Fuss. His previous solo show with the gallery was in 2010. Born in London in 1961,...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      14 - 17 May 2015
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in the 2015 edition of Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise...
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    • Frieze New York

      Frieze New York

      9 - 12 May 2014
      Cheim & Read is pleased to participate in Frieze New York with a presentation of works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, William Eggleston, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Al...
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    • Lynda Benglis & Adam Fuss: Knots and Entrails

      Lynda Benglis & Adam Fuss: Knots and Entrails

      ADAA: The Art Show 7 - 11 Mar 2012
      For their ADAA booth this year, Cheim & Read is pleased to present a two-person exhibition: “Benglis/Fuss: Knots and Entrails.” Lynda Benglis (knots) and Adam Fuss (entrails) are thematically united...
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    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      Home and the World 9 Sep - 23 Oct 2010
      Opening Reception 16 September from 6 to 8 pm Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Adam Fuss. The show is accompanied by a...
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    • Abstractions by Gallery Artists

      Abstractions by Gallery Artists

      24 Sep - 3 Oct 2009
      Works by Ghada Amer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Jenny Holzer, Bill Jensen, Jonathan Lasker, Joan Mitchell, Jack Pierson, Milton Resnick, Pat Steir, and Juan Usle will...
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    • The Sum of its Parts

      The Sum of its Parts

      8 Jan - 2 Feb 2008
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce a group exhibition of works by a diverse selection of artists, all of whom create artworks configured from multiple parts, sequences or series....
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    • I Am As You Will Be

      I Am As You Will Be

      The Skeleton in Art 20 Sep - 3 Nov 2007
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce I Am As You Will Be, a group exhibition of more than thirty works which incorporate the skeleton as subject. Curated in part...
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    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      16 Oct - 15 Nov 2003
      Cheim and Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Adam Fuss, the artist's first solo New York show since 1999 and his second at the gallery....
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    • Liquid Properties

      Liquid Properties

      Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, Adam Fuss, Mary Heilmann, David Hines, Gary Hume, Dona Nelson, Jack Pierson, Pat Steir, Juan Usle 6 Jul - 3 Aug 2001
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce the group exhibition Liquid Properties The exhibition examines the formal and metaphorical qualities of liquid as it: becomes hard in the work of...
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    • Couples

      Couples

      6 Jan - 26 Feb 2000
      Inspired by a recent rereading of John Updike's classic 1960's novel, Couples, Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of that same name. Couples is a group exhibition...
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    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      My Ghost 9 Sep - 16 Oct 1999
      Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Adam Fuss. Born in London in 1961, Fuss grew up in rural England. He became interested in...
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    • Lynda BENGLIS | Adam FUSS | David SALLE | Serge SPITZER

      Lynda BENGLIS | Adam FUSS | David SALLE | Serge SPITZER

      5 Jun - 31 Jul 1997
      Cheim & Read will open on Thursday, June 5th, 1997 with a group exhibition of Lynda Benglis, Adam Fuss, David Salle, and Serge Spitzer. Works to be included in the...
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  • Publications
    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      Home and the World 2010 Read more
    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      1961-1973 2003 Read more
    • I Am As You Will Be

      I Am As You Will Be

      The Skeleton in Art 2007 Read more
  • News
    • Modern Photography in a Brand-New Space

      Modern Photography in a Brand-New Space

      September 28, 2017 Read more
    • Adam Fuss: λόγος

      Adam Fuss: λόγος

      Cheim & Read October 5, 2015 Read more
    • Adam Fuss on His Cameraless Images and Experimenting with Live Snakes

      Adam Fuss on His Cameraless Images and Experimenting with Live Snakes

      September 22, 2015 Read more
    • Adam Fuss: Home and the World

      Adam Fuss: Home and the World

      Cheim & Read October 4, 2010 Read more
    • Adam Fuss Teaches Morality

      Adam Fuss Teaches Morality

      September 10, 2010 Read more
    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      Cheim & Read November 3, 2003 Read more
    • Adam Fuss

      Adam Fuss

      Cheim & Read October 31, 2003 Read more
    • Adam Fuss in His Own Words

      Adam Fuss in His Own Words

      September 1, 2002 Read more
    • Adam Fuss by Michael Sand

      Adam Fuss by Michael Sand

      August 1, 1993 Read more

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