David McDonald
David McDonald’s abstract paintings and sculptures fuse the art of the readymade with assemblage, Minimalism, and Postminimalism. Composed of unremarkable materials such as raw and painted wood, bricks, paper, cement, and plaster, McDonald’s sculptures propose an aesthetic rooted in the organic and handmade. Frequent motifs in McDonald’s works include cubes, cylinders, and enamel-coated cement columns resembling tombstones, and their off-kilter compositions suggest a tension between order and chaos. Sometimes titled as self-portraits, McDonald’s abstract forms can be viewed as surrogates for the self.
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David McDonald
Micro Macro -
David McDonald
Tiny History (installation view) -
David McDonald
Tiny History (installation view) -
David McDonald
Tiny History (installation view) -
David McDonald
The liquid has congealed -
David McDonald
Some kind of heat -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Casting Amongst the Sands… -
David McDonald
Stone Web #5 -
David McDonald
Montello #2 -
David McDonald
Montello #3 -
David McDonald
Montello #6 -
David McDonald
Spine