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Isabelle Adams, Mr./Mrs. with crust (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Imprint (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Imprint (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Imprint (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Imprint (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Prototype (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Prototype (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Prototype (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Prototype (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Prototype (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Swan (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Swan (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Swan (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Dewdrop Toadstool Hopscotch (2020). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.
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Isabelle Adams, Dewdrop Toadstool Hopscotch (2020). Exhibition view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.

Playful encounters & unknown rituals in an Illinois state park with the whimsical objects of Isabelle Adams

, 25 May 2020

Dewdrop Toadstool Hopscotch, a solo exhibition by Isabelle Adams, was presented by Garthim at an offsite location in Matthiessen State Park, Oglesby, Illinois in March. 

Isabelle Adams, Imprint (2020). Installation view. Image courtesy the artist + Garthim, Illinois.

With whimsical objects that resemble the icy frost and pebbles of their Illinois state park surrounds, the exhibition evokes relics from unknown rituals and the iconography of woodland paranormal encounters. A text by the artist to accompany the show adds to the playful and fantastical character of the works:

“Not mouse
Nor mudpie
Nor groveling snots
Can match my game of Dewdrop Hopscotch”.**

Isabelle Adams’ Dewdrop Toadstool Hopscotch was presented by Garthim at an offsite location in Matthiessen State Park, Oglesby, Illinois in March, 2020.