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Adams and Ollman announces two solo exhibitions of works by Vince Skelly and Mariel Capanna
Installation view of Mariel Capanna s work.
PORTLAND, OR
.-Adams and Ollman is presenting two solo exhibitions: New Works by Vince Skelly and Overlook by Mariel Capanna, both on view through March 13.
Vince Skelly (b. 1987, Claremont, California; lives and works in Portland, OR) creates carved wooden sculptures, both formal and functional. Using wood from a variety of trees native to the Pacific Northwest in addition to American chestnut and eucalyptus, Skelly works reductively to shape each stool, chair, or abstract form from a single block. Following grain, patterns, knots, and other irregularities inherent to the material, Skelly highlights simple and essential abstract shapes informed by intrinsic characteristics of the material. The sculptures are inspired by various traditions of wood carvingwhich is one of the oldest artformsas well as by a history of objects that extends back