Terry Adkins, 1953-2014, Play Heavy

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Terry Adkins 1953-2014 Play Heavy 1993 steel, hoses, rubber tires 29 x 24 x 22 inches Exhibited: Recital, 2003, curated by Ian Berry, Dayton Director of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, in collaboration with the artist. Also: Block Museum, Northwestern University, p. 73 (illustrated) Adkins was born in Washington, DC, in 1953. At Fisk University in Nashville, he studied under artists including Martin Puryear and Carlton Moss. The artist’s work was featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial and the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. A few months ago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition commemorating his performances with the Lone Wolf Recital Corps (“Projects 107: Lone Wolf Recital Corps“). “My quest has been to find a way to make music as physical as sculpture might be, and sculpture as ethereal as music is,” the artist once said. “It’s kind of challenging to make both of those pursuits do what they are normally not able to do.”