This Man, AdamTools Garnet, Eldon. This Man, Adam. Berlin, Germany: Motto Books; Toronto, Ont.: Christopher Cutts Gallery, 2024.
Abstract (English)"This man, Adam is a fiction of a life. It begins with the central character living on the streets of a large city. He sleeps in a hidden shelter, in the enclosure of a tree. He roams the streets in a constant search of sustenance and better shelter. After a major hurricane where his home is destroyed, he hears in the collapsed ruins of a building a voice calling him by name. It is a woman trapped under the rubble who, digging with his bare hands, he rescues. With the help of this woman, Ev, he leaves the streets and begins to become a man of culture. Developing an interest in art, he collects wooden sculptures from local artist that he successfully sells. Later, he helps in the studio of an elderly woman artist, providing the physical strength she no longer possesses. [...]
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