Derived from the vast holdings of the artist's paternal grandmother's library, Samuel T. Adams's laboriously carved sculptures are, in fact, books transfigured. From the first half of the 20th century, these tomes, mostly British, are essentially outmoded collector’s guides for precious metals and foreign art, which Adams glues together, page by page, creating a solid block which he then whittles with Exacto blades. This act of literary sabotage and artistic rebirth re-invigorates obsolete objects into subtle, cunning investigations of mid-century modern, biomorphic forms, suggesting a host of the signature dimensional artists of the 20th century.