E.V.E on Halloween

I'd just like to go on record and say that Nate Hill is doing some amazing work. E.V.E. stunned me as did A.D.A.M. Seeing both together laid out rather simply on the floor of Silent Barn brought to mind an Autopsy. It felt new in a way a work of art hasn't felt to me in years.  The main thing is that what I was looking at didn't correlate to what I have seen. It was a collage, a fantasy, a sculpture and a bastardization of humanity all at once. These creations made from largely salvaged animal parts are not sculpture they almost act more as a blueprint. Most importantly Hill doesn't take the easy road and uses the animal parts in novel ways, wings become hair rib bones become shins. Each individual part of his creations is fascinating. E.V.E. reminded me of a witch, the Baba Yaga in particular for any Hell Boy fans reading, in the terrifying fairy tale sense, twisted by ugliness and evil into something slightly malicious but apart from the notions of good and evil. A.D.A.M. feels different he is, Frankenstein's monster. It is important not to think of this as commentary but rather as artistic progression. The artist has gone from a basic creation that looks stitched together by human hands and into the realm of something that stands on its own. E.V.E. does not look like the creation of a man but rather something that created herself. Hill's creation myth differs from my interpretation but to me E.V.E is a creation of her own vision. Even if the idea started with a name she much more made herself than A.D.A.M. and it shows. Both pieces share characteristics, E.V.E just stands as less a novelty and more a work of art. 

For pictures from the opening party and of both creations check Nate Hills flickr.

A.D.A.M. and E.V.E at Silent Barn