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Observations on art and art process from the studio
I just found some photographs of paintings I created in college. It reminded me of how artists come to develop a style.
This show features the work of ten Koplin Del Rio artists and completes the series of three IDENTITY exhibitions introducing the gallery’s artists to a Seattle audience.
The four versions of Slippage before the finished drawing as an example of my process.
An interview about my history and my approach to art conducted by Cindy Momchilov, edited and produced by DoubleTroublets Productions.
Unless I destroy the drawing first, the drawing is put in storage if I think there might be something to save. After a while, if by rummaging through the reams of rolled up paper, I find it again and I think I might be able to find some hook, I tack it back up on my drawing wall.
What does it mean for a drawing to be completed
Unless I destroy the drawing first, the drawing is put in storage if I think there might be something to save. After a while, if by rummaging through the reams of rolled up paper, I find it again and I think I might be able to find some hook, I tack it back up on my drawing wall.
When we walk through museums, visit exhibitions and look at art, we come with preconceptions, prejudices and preferences, and, if you are an artist, take from those works ideas and processes we could use as our own. Much of the time we come away with our opinions affirmed, pushed to reconsider an artist’s work, or just excited to get back into the studio. But sometimes, a work of art produces a sudden insight or, in my case, a discovery that reshapes my approach to art making.
Nine Works
When we walk through museums, visit exhibitions and look at art, we come with preconceptions, prejudices and preferences, and, if you are an artist, take from those works ideas and processes we could use as our own. Much of the time we come away with our opinions affirmed, pushed to reconsider an artist’s work, or just excited to get back into the studio. But sometimes, a work of art produces a sudden insight or, in my case, a discovery that reshapes my approach to art making.
In February 2016, I was interviewed on the Parka Blogs by a columnist named Judy. The questions brought out some interesting specifics about my process I have talked about but never put into writing. I’ve picked out two highlights from the interview.
My process of erasing and wiping out passages of my work, as well as my artistic sensibility, is beautifully summarized by this fragment of a page from Nabokov's last manuscript.
The Gatherings series on exhibit at NYC's Art on Paper 2022.
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About David Bailin
David Bailin is an artist working primarily in drawing. He received Fellowships from the NEA, Mid-America-NEA, and the state of Arkansas. He is represented by Koplin Del Rio, Seattle (formerly of Los Angeles), M2 Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas and affliated with Erdreich White Fine Art, Boston, MA.
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