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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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