Works on Paper: A Survey

Peter Blum Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition Works on Paper: A Survey by New York and Italy-based artist Marina Adams. Spanning over three decades from 1994 to 2025, this marks the first exhibition dedicated to surveying the artist's works on paper practice. On view from April 9, 2026, with an artist reception from 6 – 8 pm, it runs through May 29, 2026 at 176 Grand Street, New York, NY. An artist's conversation with curators Raymond Foye and Claire Gilman on May 19, 2026, coincides with a new 108-page hardcover publication entitled, Marina Adams–Works on Paper: A Survey. Marina Adams has developed a dynamic practice of clear and powerful abstract language that explores the possibilities of form and movement through the structural power of color. Understanding abstraction not as theory but as a "synthesis of body and mind," Adams's work embraces what John Keats termed "negative capability"—the ability to exist within uncertainties and mysteries without reaching after fact or reason. Drawing inspiration from the natural world, textiles, and the rhythmic cadences of poetry and music, Adams engages in a timeless dialogue with Modernist artists—including Henri Matisse, Joan Mitchell, and Willem de Kooning—while maintaining a singular and contemporary voice.