Adam Schreiber

Adam Schreiber (American, b. 1976) Halliburton Archiving Solutions (II), 1987-2009 2009 Archival pigment print 16 x 20 inch image on 20 x 24 inch paper Signed edition of 30 Adam Schreiber’s work portrays the material and historical significance of institutional archives. His interest in "photographs that occupy a position between making and recording,” is repeatedly evoked throughout his work. Schreiber's pictures remove, suspend, and alter objects within their institutional context, complicating and reformulating their significance. Halliburton Archiving Solutions (II), 1987-2009 is a photograph printed from an 8x10" negative depicting a common archiving implement in the University of Texas' Bureau of Economic Geology Core Research Center. This photograph is part of a decade-long project exploring the idiosyncratic domain of this vast research institution. Adam Schreiber completed his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin (2007). Recent solo shows include Anachronic at Sasha Wolf