Terry Adkins
Nenuphar, 2013
glass, plexiglass
165.1 x 132.1 x 12.7 cm.
65 x 52 x 5 in.
65 x 52 x 5 in.
copyright the artist
Nenuphar, from the recital of the same name, is the Medieval Latin word for water lily, a reference to Ancient Egypt. The work represents the immaterial and the incorporeal, a...
Nenuphar, from the recital of the same name, is the Medieval Latin word for water lily, a reference to Ancient Egypt. The work represents the immaterial and the incorporeal, a nod to Klein’s interests in the Void, the monochrome and minimalism. It also references Carver’s promotion of alternative crops to enrich the soil for farmers to improve their quality of life outside the monoculture of cotton.
Provenance
Estate of Terry Adkins and Lévy Gorvy, New York
Exhibitions
Terry Adkins: Resounding, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, March 13–August 2 2020Literature
Berry, Ian ed. ‘Terry Adkins: Recital’, New York: Skidmore College; London: Prestel Publishing, 2017 pp. 216Publications
Reid, Calvin. "Terry Adkins by Calvin Reid," BOMB Online (March 2015)