Title
Upon ShouldersPosted In
Painting, ExhibitionDuration
07 July 2017 to 07 July 2017Venue
Robert Lange StudiosOpening Hours
17:00 - 20:00Visit Website
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Title | Upon Shoulders | Posted In | Painting, Exhibition | Duration | 07 July 2017 to 07 July 2017 |
Venue | Robert Lange Studios | Opening Hours | 17:00 - 20:00 | Visit Website | robertlangestudios.com |
![Adam Hall, Blue Collar Dreams, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Blue Collar Dreams, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s1_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_blue_collar_dreams_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Blue Collar Dreams, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Breath In Breath Out, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Breath In Breath Out, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f4_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_breath_in_breath_out_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Breath In Breath Out, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Cold Answer, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Cold Answer, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s2_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_cold_answer_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Cold Answer, 24" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
Hall sets out to do just that, and the result is commendable. Depicting tense scenes from a safe distance, his work carries with it the productive gap between engagement and comfort. There is no danger in his waves, fires, or the emptiness of his vast lands. There is tension, to be sure, but the artist is greatly removed from it. He stands back and narrates. In growing detail, he reveals the elements that fascinate him. While they are given voice and volume, their environment, their context, is one of silence. Using palette knives, but increasingly relying on the intricacies for which brushes allow, Hall fills his paintings with strength, and contains it in a way that safeguards his own position as an observer.
![Adam Hall, Familiar Currents, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Familiar Currents, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s3_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_familiar_currents_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Familiar Currents, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Human After All, oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Human After All, oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s4_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_human_after_all_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Human After All, oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Hunger Of The Pines, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Hunger Of The Pines, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f5_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_hunger_of_the_pines_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Hunger Of The Pines, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Lift You Up, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Lift You Up, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f6_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_lift_you_up_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Lift You Up, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
Upon shoulders, Hall’s upcoming exhibit, is also an exploration of the observer’s position, a play on Newton’s quote about standing on the shoulders of giants, but also a play on children’s gaze as they stand on their parents’ shoulders, a reflection of Hall’s parenthood. An elevation like the one in either interpretation allows for greater visibility of the horizon. As Hall decidedly remains an observer, such visibility allows ever more of his outward gaze to fill his canvas. It’s still another sea, another field, another sky. But it is as much of it as possible.
![Adam Hall, See for Miles, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, See for Miles, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f7_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_see_for_miles_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, See for Miles, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Temporary Escape, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Temporary Escape, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f8_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_temporary_escape_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Temporary Escape, 30" x 30", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Through the Woods, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Through the Woods, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f9_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_through_the_woods_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Through the Woods, 30" x 40", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Untamed, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Untamed, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f10_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_untamed_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Untamed, 36" x 36", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Adam Hall, Walls we build, 24" x 48", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist. Adam Hall, Walls we build, 24" x 48", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/s5_adam_hall_upon_shoulders_robert_lange_studios_walls_we_build_yatzer.jpg)
Adam Hall, Walls we build, 24" x 48", oil on panel. Courtesy Robert Lange Studios and the artist.
![Photo by Brittany Wood. Photo by Brittany Wood.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f1_adam_hall_by_brittany_wood_photography_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Wood.
![Photo by Brittany Wood. Photo by Brittany Wood.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f2_adam_hall_by_brittany_wood_photography_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Wood.
![Photo by Brittany Wood. Photo by Brittany Wood.](https://www.yatzer.com/sites/default/files/media/slideshow/f3_adam_hall_by_brittany_wood_photography_yatzer.jpg)
Photo by Brittany Wood.