Often, several weeks will go by where I don't see anything in my Flickr continuous feed that really makes me eager to click and see more by a particular artist.
Today makes two days in a row where an image drew me in so that I had to learn more and see more.
This time it turned out to be Christian Davies.
When I got there, I looked at all 287 pieces in his gallery and I had a great time.
I'll post some of my favorites here and if you want to see more go here...
Christian Davies gallery here
Christian lived in a cube at the Burning Man festival one year, I believe, and documented social interactions.
There are many drawings, paintings, photographs and ceramic works there. And combinations of some of those also.
He reminds me of so many artists I love (Frankenthaler, Marsden, Kiki Smith, Twombly) but no one of these and his style only occasionally quotes or evokes these artists, because his style is clearly his own. I guess I should pluralize that. The gallery is definitely pluraesthetic.
Here's his bio from an online profile. With visuals this ensorceling and affecting, I'm sure the bio is already outdated and the dude's art has gone totally viral.
But here it is...
Christian "Dicky" Davies
San Francisco, CA, United States
Currently teaching at the De Young Museum. current and past projects include showing paintings with Red Ink Studios, Gallery One SF, ArtSFest, as well as other public spaces. In 2005, in collaboration with Logan Mirto I built The Dicky Box, an interactive conceptual sculpture at the Burning Man Art Festival. I am currently on the Advisory Board for the Black Rock Arts Foundation, a nonprofit civic arts foundation whose focus is on community based interactive art. I am also a part The Banana Family as a core and founding member.
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