tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37596214768760146852024-03-12T19:30:04.089-07:00Adam Widener Design StuffHere is a place to show all my art and design stuff. Cool huh?plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-69590126006696498652018-04-15T13:35:00.004-07:002018-04-15T13:35:39.421-07:00JEWELRY CAVE I (GROOVE SALON)plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-9015921423000746362018-01-28T14:45:00.002-08:002018-03-22T16:42:28.130-07:00INSTASINGLE SERIES
The Spark:
I’ve been thinking a lot about my design career lately. More importantly, I’ve been thinking about how I could meld my artistic side and my design side into a single unified aesthetic. I’ll be the first to admit that my artistic side is really just brain vomit. It’s an attempt to create from the subconscious and to embrace the freedom of making mistakes. In other words, it’s aplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-73468812638186174152017-05-29T11:39:00.004-07:002017-05-29T11:39:26.310-07:00JEWELRY CAVE I (1234GO RECORDS)
Here is some photographic evidence of an art happening I had at 1234GO Records in Oakland over spring 2017. I had already been producing work for another show I had booked at Groove Salon in San Francisco, but I thought it would be a good idea to have a smaller show beforehand to show off some progress work and get some initial feedback from my peers.
In addition to covering the plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-59474669007992666212017-01-03T19:01:00.000-08:002017-01-03T19:52:43.016-08:00COLLAGE-O-MATIC: 2016 COMMEMORATIVE VISUAL ARTIFACT
At the end of 2015, I had this idea of producing a collage every single day and using Instagram as a platform to catalogue and post my work. I was initially apprehensive to take on such a big responsibility but I dove in head first regardless.
I'm kind of insane like that sometimes. I can't tell if it's out of fearlessness or sheer stupidity. My therapist is still trying to figure that plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-27074899558748556432016-11-25T21:52:00.000-08:002016-11-25T21:52:16.739-08:00WATCHED ROBOCOP FOR THE 9,000TH TIME TODAYplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-15815774752770020142016-10-20T18:39:00.000-07:002016-10-20T18:39:28.996-07:00NEO NOUVEAU II SHOWING AT OPUS ARCADE
Opus Arcade in Palo Alto reached out to me a few weeks ago and was interested in having some of my collage work adorn their walls. It was perfect timing as my show at Chromatic had just ended and I was already looking for new opportunities to show more work. I dig when things just fall into place like that. So, I gathered up around 20-30 pieces that I thought would best suit the space and plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-37833948167950784062016-09-04T16:27:00.006-07:002016-09-04T16:27:44.389-07:00PANCAKES AND BOOZE TRANSPARENT COLLAGE SHOWINGHere is some recent transparent collage work that I displayed at this years Pancakes and Booze show. Nine new pieces on dual layer transparency.
I also released the first volume of the Spraypainted Prism Art Kit which included things like a postcard, some stickers, a few mini-art prints, some transparent samples and other weirdo knick knacks. I made a 100 in total and they're all gone.&plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-41614458877383631792016-08-19T09:54:00.000-07:002016-08-19T09:54:09.506-07:00CHROMATIC COFFEE ART STUFFplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-87970106401499320592016-07-11T13:32:00.002-07:002016-07-11T13:34:24.718-07:00NEO-NOUVEAU ART HAPPENING - CHROMATIC COFFEE
I’m pretty stoked to announce this upcoming solo exhibition. I’ll be showcasing up to 50 new transparent collages for the month of August at Chromatic Coffee in Santa Clara. Cruise by and you’ll see a technicolor array of psychedelic collage gone wrong. Or right… Either way, it’ll make for some delicious eye candy.
Chromatic is a cool spot as well. They’re coffee is top notch and the plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-22154317973200021312016-04-25T19:26:00.001-07:002016-04-25T19:41:26.492-07:00SELECT TRANSPARENT COLLAGES
If you’re living under a rock and are totally out of the loop in terms of my awesome Instagram, then you should leave this blog right now and go follow me. —> instagram Here’s the deal. I started my Instagram as a way to continuously output new artwork on a regular basis. My objective is to post one collage a day for the entire year of 2016. I started posting on January 1st and will end plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-62037841893613843332016-02-13T16:08:00.002-08:002016-02-14T10:27:34.915-08:00GESTALT ART SHOWING
Gestalt is a rad little bar. With its abundance of awesome pinball machines and overall chill decor, its got just the right mix of homely scenery and rustic elegance. It’s dive-y, but not gross. It's a chill spot to swing by after work for a delicious bratwurst and a few games from the Kiss pinball machine. Check it out.
I recently took over their walls to display some art plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-57049674658684084872016-01-17T12:19:00.005-08:002016-01-17T14:31:01.071-08:00VANITY 6 TRIPTYCH
I’ll be the first to admit that Prince just doesn’t do anything for me. I’ve tried. Oh lord, have I tried. ‘Controversy' is the only record that I’ve given multiple listens to. I really want to like what he does, but it just doesn’t resonate.
But what I can can do is appreciate his artistic genius. I can’t deny that he has single handedly created a style and sound that has permeated plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-63875713686956216612016-01-11T17:53:00.000-08:002016-01-12T11:24:24.261-08:00TANGIBLE TRANSPARENCY / PHYSICAL PARALLAX TRIPTYCH
Transparent things fascinate me. I can’t exactly explain why. It just conjures up this sleek futuristic-like visual experience that I really like. The ability to see through strong matter constructed of no color is really nothing short of an earthly miracle. Glass has been around for centuries. Plastic is somewhat of a new revolution yet extremely well engrained in our modern culture. New plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-61331016821224770212015-12-16T12:13:00.001-08:002015-12-16T13:00:02.989-08:00A NEW DIMENSION IN TERROR TRIPTYCH
You know…
This is really silly but I gotta get this off my chest. I made my first triptych as an homage to my second favorite film, Belle De Jour. Now I’m making my second triptych based on my number one favorite film ever, Friday the 13th Part Three. See the parallel? It’s because I’m an artist and stuff. I think about these things and how they are relevant to our way of modern life. plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-29794068741096821282015-12-09T16:42:00.000-08:002015-12-09T16:42:37.773-08:00BELLE DE JOUR TRIPTYCH 24 x 36 (AND OTHER STUFF)
Here are some process shots for the Belle De Jour Triptych at 24" x 36". After I made these, I concluded that perhaps this is just too large of a size to work with. It took about 8 letter sized sheets of transparency just to burn the screen. Then it took a lot of time to cut down the mat boards, burn the screens, the amount of ink used. etc… The whole thing was just a tad too troublesome forplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-29792864603072832742015-12-07T22:47:00.000-08:002015-12-08T09:54:09.307-08:00BENGUIAT CASLON SWASH
Been on the hunt for a cheap alternative to the Benguiat Caslon Typeface for awhile and I stumbled upon something called Emfatick NF on myfonts.com. It seems to do the trick, but I'll more than likely play around with it as I find more important uses for it.
Right now, I'm sitting on my couch watching my favorite film in the whole wide world and I decided to make this. Ya know...plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-32366459265066689562015-12-07T16:16:00.002-08:002015-12-07T16:16:31.536-08:00PROGRESS WORK FOR LARGE SCALE PRINT PIECES VIIplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-81167227531161945432015-12-04T13:01:00.001-08:002015-12-04T13:04:17.695-08:001982 PITTSBURGH KMART
If I had a time machine I wouldn’t use it for any sort of good for humanity. Well, maybe… I mean, I wouldn’t interfere too much with the space-time continuum, but maybe I’d prevent a few disasters here and there. Or not… I don’t know.
What I would do is go back in time and immerse myself in the super average. I’d set the time machine to drop me off in 1982 and then I would seek plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-71915645044139515322015-12-03T10:41:00.001-08:002015-12-03T10:41:40.151-08:00BELLE DE JOUR TRIPTYCH
Here is my Belle De Jour triptych in a sweet frame mock up. I'll be showing the middle one at Feet Wood this month for their "Constructive Chaos" show. I made a two color print at 24 x 36. It's huge. I may not go that big again. It's just to troublesome to produce and who the hell is gonna have something that big in their home anyway? I wouldn't. Unless I had a really big home. That would be plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-6154974264166767612015-11-27T00:30:00.001-08:002015-11-27T00:33:43.486-08:00PROGRESS WORK FOR LARGE SCALE PRINT PIECES VII
I began work on another one of these large scale print things. I'm finding it a bit troublesome on how to put something like this into production. Last night, I took my Belle De Jour Triptych and made the transparency for the 24 x 36 print compositions. It took 8 legal sheets to composite just 1/3 of the triptych. So.... let's see... that's like 24 sheets in total. Then I had to cut andplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-31732016049712596322015-11-22T18:22:00.000-08:002015-11-23T09:05:05.343-08:00BELLE DE JOUR TRIPTYCH PRINTS 6 X 9
So remember a few blog posts back when I was talking about that inverted black and white triptych series? Well here it is in... “...glorious two color 6 x 9 print versions. Pretty rad, huh?"
See... a few weeks ago I found myself in an artists scrapyard place looking around for frames or paper stock or whatever. I happened across a stack of elegantly cut 6 x 9 boards of card stock. plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-23425987315599340912015-11-18T00:52:00.003-08:002015-11-19T12:50:56.554-08:00NEW TRIPTYCH SERIES PROGRESS
I pulled apart some of the graphics from my large scale piece and put this triptych together. If you follow it from left to right, it will read as a lifecycle. Birth to death. But you can read whatever you want in it. I wasn't really planning on working with themes of being born, everyday living and an eventual death. All the right pieces just fell into place. I'm also not ruling plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-71284585315728080952015-11-16T08:59:00.001-08:002015-11-16T22:58:54.631-08:00PROGRESS WORK FOR LARGE SCALE PRINT PIECES VI
Just completed a pretty big chunk of space in this thing. I am creeping up on the finish line. Then it'll be time to get started on the second triptych piece. The more I look at this, the more I really dig some of depth created. It's like this 3D ebb and flow tapestry that just pulls you in and pushes you away. Or maybe it's because
"Or maybe it's because this black and white inverse plastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-8754210618264077442015-11-15T18:27:00.005-08:002015-11-16T09:08:21.245-08:00ODDVILLE: PHOTO AND ART SHOW. OAKLAND CA.
I had some of my collages on display this weekend at Oddville in Oakland. I managed to take a few pictures before the room became a complete circus. It was a pretty crazy event. In addition to the awesome art on display in the gallery, there were all kinds of festivities going on. I think my work made a nice little contribution to the entire experience.
"I mean, look... there were peopleplastique pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217029638076942386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759621476876014685.post-28806076124078195462015-11-06T10:12:00.002-08:002015-11-16T09:02:13.919-08:00MADE IN THE MISSION EVENT
I'm showing some collage work at this event. Cruise by. There will be some rad stuff to look at and experience. Trust me. Would I lie to you?
Join us Saturday, Nov. 7 & Sunday, Nov. 8, 11am - 6pm for an exciting weekend of playful and provocative creative work by 35 artists and designers. See schedule below and RSVP at http://madeinthemissionfall15.eventbrite.com/
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