DISTANT THINGS

What is certain is that childhood chains us to the most remote things. In childhood we wander through the world of things like the stations of a journey, of whose extent we can form no conception. At the moment of birth, it makes itself similar to the most distant things in the deepest, most unconscious stratum of its own existence, so as subsequently to enable objects of the world around to accrete, layer by layer.

- Walter Benjamin, 1933

DISTANT THINGS is an amazingly rich visual experience, featuring original works that are at turns poignant, striking, and very often prophetic in their ability to express artistically the concept of contextualization. Each the artist's works brilliantly calls into question how we as individuals distance ourselves from reality.

Possessed with a masterful technique, Adam Stoves creates highly individualized artwork that is infused with a truly spiritual quality that can trigger genuine heartfelt emotion through the simplest use of imagetry.

DISTANT THINGS runs through July 27, 2008