Grounding

Grounding is my most significant Solo Show to date held at Ruthin Craft Centre and supported by the Art Council of Wales. The show included well over 100 pieces as well as a video work and new pieces that were in part shaped by the actions of the earth. The show opening in September 2023.

'In this major solo exhibition Adam Buick has created new works that engage with the places he inhabits, forming a subtle narrative derived from the land and sea. Parochial in their creation yet universal in their meaning the works delve into the forces that shape our environment and influence our lives on this planet. They engage with the past, capture the present and enquire into the future. These works are object, record and discourse of Buick’s unique way of looking and grounding himself in a place. In some of his pieces Buick allows the weather to sculpt his work, capturing the power of nature and the transience of human endeavour. In others he engages us in the felt experience of moving through a landscape, often adding gathered materials with greater histories or significance than the piece itself. The result is a body of work that leaves you contemplating our place in deep time and our connection with the substance of the earth."