Amos Eno Gallery, a non-profit, artist-run gallery, is pleased to present Flag Building, a solo exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Adam Erlbaum.

Adam Erlbaum begins his paintings with a pencil diagram. He denotes the width of each stripe in fractions of an inch. These measurements are then transferred to canvas with a ruler. Erlbaum cannot mark sixteenths of an inch exactly by hand. The lines he draws between the marks further depart from the initial diagram, as these lines must jibe with each other on the canvas.

Rather than build according to plan, each step further removes the painting from Erlbaum's initial diagram, until the painting 'stands' independently. The word 'building' conjures heavy brick and mortar, yet a flag is light enough to be raised by a small wind. For Erlbaum, building is not about plan or weight, but a felt sense of constructive action.

About Adam Erlbaum

Adam Erlbaum received a BA in Mathematics from The Colorado College in 2002. He has attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the University of the Arts, and the MFA program at the Vermont College of the Fine Arts.

Erlbaum's work has been shown in Philadelphia at InLiquid Gallery, The Yard, I Brewster Gallery, and Artist's House Gallery and at the St. Louis Artists Guild in St. Louis, Missouri; Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Studio Montclair in Montclair, New Jersey; and Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford, Virginia. He paints at The Mill Studios in Philadelphia.

The exhibition will be on view from February 13 to March 16, 2025. Works are also available to view on Artsy.