Creepy Crawly
Painted steel, 4' x 7' x 4'Adam Walls, Red Springs, NC
Location: Bristol Public Library (lower level)
Adam Walls graduated with a BFA in Art Education from Limestone College in Gaffney, SC and received his MFA in Sculpture from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. He is currently head of the Sculpture Program at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke in Pembroke, NC.
"All of my sculpture is concept driven and highly viewer interactive. The concept is usually derived from some memory that was stirred by the shape of some found object, or from some memento that I have held on to since childhood. These things bring up thoughts and experiences that challenge me and guide me through the creative process. My sculpture does range in size drastically at times, but I do tend to prefer to work on a monumental scale. There are interactive elements in much of my work that are often derived from my love of fantasy, escapism, toys, comic book super heroes, and pop-culture icons . This work is interactive as the viewers (in this case, presumably children) are invited to sit inside a menacing, yet fun, oversized robotic spider and find an opportunity for escapism."