Events . Adam Milner: Full Bleed Opening Reception

Adam Milner: Full Bleed Opening Reception

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Art Opening
Union Hall 2216 Penn Ave Pittsburgh
All Ages $0 / $0

Full Bleed
Adam Milner

Curated by Fred Blauth
At The Union Hall

Opening Reception: Thursday, Oct. 5, 7-10pm
On view: Oct. 5 - Dec. 3, 2017
Union Hall 2216 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Full Bleed presents excerpts from Adam Milner’s obsessive collections of images pulled from thousands of magazines. Through the act of isolating, cropping, masking and arranging, Milner’s personal archives reveal new connections through seemingly ordinary images one might otherwise flip by in a magazine or overhear in a pop song. These images are not merely hacked or ripped from media publications, but rather, painstakingly cut with a sharp razor blade or delicately outlined in a custom color.

There is a tenderness that separates Milner’s work from a library or a simple collection of images. This warmth is revealed in the context of how Milner’s archives interact with themselves, be it a scattering of belly buttons or a video of the artist designing his own grave. Full Bleed leaves interpretation not only up to the archivist but the viewers themselves by presenting imagery that feels both foreign and familiar.

Adam Milner is an artist who approaches his personal life like an anthropologist might treat another site or culture: observing, interviewing, collecting, and archiving, carefully but somewhat distanced. These resultant archives, driven by a sense of longing and desire to grasp personal moments of intimacy or vibrancy take the form of performances, drawings, texts, and interventions which reveal a personal vulnerability while examining broader politics of relationships and intimacy. He has exhibited at the Andy Warhol Museum, the Aspen Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Casa Maauad, Flux Factory, Gildar Gallery, and David B. Smith Gallery. He received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

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