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① Artwork:
Bleu
Like most of this series, the raw canvas of this work gets filled with radiant sections of color only to be deconstructed into an almost sculptural object. Between lurid blues, reds, and greens, gaping cuts allow portions of the canvas to droop or fold down the wall as interconnected canvas fibers crisscross the scene.
Vaughn Terrell Davis, Jr. characterizes his artworks as circumstantial objects. Using mediums like paint, performance, video, and clay, he both creates and destroys in his abstract forms. Ultimately, his tattered, distressed, and deconstructed artworks offer subtle yet poignant statements about art’s role in a society undergoing dramatic change.
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Works contain pigments such as cadmium, and chrome oxide. Pigments can become loose during installation and transportation. Please use precaution when unpacking and handling. Gloves will be included with the installation hardware for safe handling.
③ Artist:
Vaughn Terrell Davis, Jr. characterizes his artworks as forms of circumstance, with each object becoming a documentation of its moment in time. Using mediums like paint, performance, video, and clay, he both creates and destroys in an abstract process as he develops metaphors for our lived experience. He builds upon the tenets of Abstract Expressionism but thinks about painting as a more expanded form. Ultimately his tattered, distressed, and deconstructed artworks offer subtle yet poignant statements about art’s role in a society undergoing dramatic change.
Vaughn Terrell Davis, Jr. was born in 1995 in St. Louis, MO, and lives and works there. He received his BFA in Sculpture from Webster University in St. Louis (2018).
Davis, Jr. has mounted solo or two-person exhibitions at Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, CA (2021); Dragon Crab Turtle in St. Louis, MO (2021); and Monaco Gallery in St. Louis, MO (2021).
He has also presented his work in group exhibitions at Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO; Malin Gallery, New York City, NY; The Luminary St. Louis, MO; and Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
He was also invited to participate in the Curated Storefront in Akron, OH, as part of Front International: Cleveland Triennial For Contemporary Art and was to represent his home state of Missouri in Delta Voices: Artists of the Mid South Triennial.
Like most of this series, the raw canvas of this work gets filled with radiant sections of color only to be deconstructed into an almost sculptural object. Between lurid blues, reds, and greens, gaping cuts allow portions of the canvas to droop or fold down the wall as interconnected canvas fibers crisscross the scene.More
- Unframed
