Hank Murta Adams

Hank Murta Adams uses cast glass to create powerful busts that are antiheroic, the antithesis of the traditional bust that is an idealized or naturalistic portrait of its sitter. Only cadmium yellow glass was available to Adams when he created the sculpture. The beautiful color clashes with the ugliness of the bust, heightening the tension. Adding further to its disquiet is the name "Gomer," which is associated with a bumpkin. Recalling something from science fiction, this thing seems caught in a moment of transition. Is it in the process of being created or is the creature dissolving to a former state?