Adam Wallace

Adam Wallace’s practice is a study of the body, the fleshy substance that defines and describes us. Raising questions of the abject, Wallace examines the relationship between the body and the consumer society. Collaging flesh with industrial objects and household items, Wallace creates somewhat disturbing, yet humorous images, which question the boundary between Self and Other; asking to what extent we define our identity through the external objects we consume. Using time-based media, Wallace’s practice has reached another level, wherein his dystopian creations; half-man, half-machine are given animation, with disturbing results. In the age of keyhole surgery, microchip implants, and body modification, Wallace’s practice is a contemporary reflection of these issues, which demands that we examine body politics; asking whether social position is defined by our bodily form, and in turn, to what extent we define ourselves through our consumer choices.

“Fat-Boots”,Collage, (inkjet print on paper) 42x 59.4cm