M I C H A E L
D A V I D
A R C H A E O L O G Y T H E
E M O T I O N A L
O F B O D Y
Michael David works to comb of abstraction through his u handling. In his exploration and
spiritual
narratives,
literary references in
ine and extend the language se of materiality and paintof personal, philosophical, David’s
paintings
employ
his visual storytelling.
The Inevitable (2011 -18)
Encaustic, Oil, Mirror, Crushed Glass, Found Objects, and Mixed Media on Panel
67 x 87 x 8 Inches
The Inevitable (Detail) Encaustic, Oil, Mirror, Crushed Glass, Found Objects, and Mixed Media on Panel 67 x 87 x 8 Inches 2011-2018
Of Loves Lost and Found Encaustic, Oil and Mixed Media on Panel 55 x 60 x 4 Inches 2020
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel Encaustic, Oil, Rope & Mixed Media on Birch Panel 50 x 55 x 5 Inches
When We Were Kings
Encaustic on Panel 34 x 44 x 4 Inches 2020
Final Flight of the Navigator
Encaustic on Panel 54 x 51 2020
x 4 Inches
All Things Pass
Encaustic on Panel 34 x 44 x 4 Inches 2020
“David may be the most innovative master of im
He has acknowledged his debt to Abstract Exp
Abstract Expressionist paintings of the forties an
crude, unfocused, often meandering, turbulen prehistory, David seems to turn the cave into
indeed, dense, contemplative painterliness ind history.”
(Donald Kuspit)
mmediate surface since the Abstract Expressionists.
pressionism, but he has transformed it. Where the
nd fifties seem like modern cave paintings, as their
nt painterliness suggests, and as such to resonate a temple, as his more considered, concentrated,
dicates, so that his paintings have the aura of post
The Seven Sins of Memory
Encaustic, Oil and Mixed Media on Panel 63 x 83 x 4 Inches 2020
EDEN LOST
Encaustic Ceramic Broken Glass on Wood 54 x 50 Inches
2021
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Encaustic and Ceramic on Birch Panel 70 x 75 Inches
2021
THE TRIUMPH OF REASON OVER SQUALOR
Encaustic, Fabric, Oil Paint on Birch Plywood 70 x 75 Inches
2021
THE ROSY FINGERED DAWN
Encaustic, Resin, Tar Paper on a Wood Panel 36 x 120 Inches
2021
REQUIEM | POPULA
Requ
Roman Catholic service for the dead: A Rom someone who has died. Music for requiem: requiem mass. Commemorative music: a piec
who ha
Popula
All people of group: all of the people of a p or class who live in an area. Individuals of particular species present in a place. Statistic
of individuals or items from which a sample m
Chor
A Buddhist monument or shrine tha
ATIONS | CHORTENS
uiem
man Catholic mass held to offer prayers for a piece of music written to accompany a e of music written to commemorate someone
as died
ations
particular nationality, ethnic group, religion, same spieces: all the plants or animals of a s group statisitically sampled: the entire group
may be selected for statistical measurement
rtens
at does not contain human remains
Requiem For A Princess
(2006)
Roses, Wedding Gown & Found Objects Embedded in Oil & Encaustic on Panel 58 x 91 x 8 Inches
Requiem For A Princess
(2006)
Roses, Wedding Gown & Found Objects Embedded in Oil & Encaustic on Panel 58 x 91 x 8 Inches
“...What began to be worked by Kandinsky and seemed overworked by Pollock, and finally exhausted by expressionistic overuse, has been given not only a new lease on life by David, but extended into new technical as well as emotional territory..” (Donald Kuspit)
Population with Blues & Pinks (2006) Oil and Wax on Wooden Step-Pyramidal Substructure 30 x 26 x 12 Inches
“Michael David’s abstract paintings renew immediacy, indeed, reconstitute, strengthen, and even apotheosize it. They raise it to a feverishly fresh intensity with their remarkable touch, indicating they are among the very best painterly abstractions made”.
Population White, Green, and Yellow Oil and Wax on Wooden Step-Pyramidal Substructure 30 x 26 x 10 Inches
(2000)
Tivoli at Night 8
Oil and Mixed Media on Paper
30 x 26 x 2Inches
Tivoli at Night 9
Oil and Mixed Media on Paper
20 x 26 x 2 Inches
Tivoli at Night 15
Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 20 x 26 x 2 Inches
Tivoli at Night 16
Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 20 x 26 x 2 Inches
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