Golden: The love and art of Adam Golden
Kyle Davidson & Ryan Versaw
Down and Out Press.org
On a canvas that is covered from every inch in paint, there is the shape of a heart. Circles occupy the corners of the canvas, and shapes take space on the surface between the center and the edges. Adam slings the canvas in an arc above his head, allowing wet paint to drip from every contour and run to every edge. Adam refers to the shape in which he swings the canvas.
"This shape is important to me," says Adam.
From the city to this town we call home, Adam has painted all of his life. Sharing with me his belief that a single percent of this world belongs to the artist, Adam speaks of a placard he read on a building in the city. On that placard was a description of the one percent of a city plot in which an artist could display their piece.
"It's more like nine-tenths of the law," Golden says, "That is what an artist deserves."
ADAM DESCRIBES HIS WALKING ART GALLERY AND CLARIFIES THAT THE ONLY MESSAGE IN HIS ART EXISTS ON THE CANVAS
Adam Golden is infamous and famous for his righteous quest to inspire viewers to perceive that many may have neglected to share. Post haste, he has made nearly 500 paintings in 15 years of articulately etching a molded multilayered image that leaves the viewer contemplating the contrast between what they see and what they are. The artist Golden separates the psyche of the viewer from that of the artist. Golden's art speaks for itself according to his statements, "The viewer is meant to interpret my mess. However, they like," This is a small representation of the resulting conflict of mess and message. The persistent theme from the multilayered blur of various images leaves much room for interpretation. The press believes that the color scheme of neon duplicity is reminiscent of the cyberpunk dystopias in the early SciFi films like Bladerunner. The press is also of the opinion that Adam Golden may well be some of the best that modern arts have to offer.
Golden says inspiration comes from his years living on the street and his love for "Sahberry Shortcake," whom he calls his better half. If Goldens statements about his own philosophy came clear, the word "lifer" stood out the most. Golden views himself constantly on the streets chasing the goddess to whatever end was most rapidly available. The irony is that the same artist who owns nothing more than a backpack and a collection of paints; has works that rest upon the immaculate walls of the mansions of the elites proudly displayed for the public. Golden had found his place in the world by finding a home for his works. In exchange for his creativity, he is cursed to live as Diogenes once did.
The use of layers of multiple images remains a constant theme in an attempt to blur the visage of a butterfly, with the diamond-shaded angles of an iridescent triangle, while a sun peers out of long fiery lashes. The complicated visages that grace the canvas of Golden's work deliberately leave the viewer turning totally inward in a kind of schizophrenic crackup. The purpose of goldens work really speaks for itself, and the various speculations as to what the artist intended for the people purposefully remains a futile exercise. In many ways, the beauty in Golden's prescription of abstract freedom to the conformist public, always seeking rules and validation, is timely and potent.
Adam Golden does not leave the viewer's mind a moment of rest; he exclaims, "Years ago I began incorporating a color-changing LED allows Golden to show the public a dizzying array of mirages of hidden paintings within the paintings." At this point, Goldens' intentional disorientation of the viewer is a powerful psychedelic tool in his bag of neo-shamanistic artworks. The lack of brushes predominates the "primal style" Golden seeks to share with the people, and the paintings flow together flawlessly.
Just as life shifts when painted in a different light so does the life and expression of Adam Golden.
Indeed Down and Out press finds it was an honor to interview such a masterful artist Golden's body of work remains scattered about the southwest. Golden himself can be found wandering around a park, a sidewalk, or the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado. If the public seeks his work, it can be found with him.
When asked what message his art sends, Adams only asks Kyle, the interviewer, “what do you see.” The art of Adam is there to show only what comes from within him. All you see on the canvas is all that is. This art is desired by Adam to be seen by all. As his life continues, his art continues as a constant work in progress. . Adams speaks of his pieces as though he is not satisfied.
"If I had more colors, I would perfect this painting right now, Adam said.
To me, this painting looks complete, and for the artist, nothing is finished.
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