WHAT LIES WITHIN OR BENEATH

Statement

This work is a reference to the nature of memory and how it is absorbed into the places one inhabits, only to be recalled through key signifiers. This is true because the signifiers of a dwelling place become visual metaphors. They construct perception much like a key word or prolific stanza.

“David Master’s paintings and found object sculptural combinations are thought-provoking meditations about memory and the changes that time imposes on the meaning and uses of human habitations. His work is urgently relevant at this crucial time in the history of urban dissolution and economic change in America, as cities reach the last stage of a long period of decay and begin to reconfigure, re-imagining themselves among the rubble.”

- Douglas Max Utter

"From the Floor They Smiled", Tile, Paint, fan blades, steel, fabric, mixed media / 2013

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"Pink Trim", Tile, Paint, fan blades, steel, fabric, mixed media / 2013

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"The Bluest of White", 2013, Glass, Wallpaper, Fiberglass, Paint, mixed media / 2013

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"The Shape of near perfection", bottle bottom Glass, Wallpaper, joint compound, fabric, Paint, cedar, mixed media / 2013

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"Henry's Black mascara", 2013, Wallpaper, joint compound, fabric, Paint, plexiglass, cedar, mixed media / 2013

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"The walls that sprang back", Glass, Wallpaper, joint compound, Paint, cedar, mixed media / 2013

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"the first of many", Wallpaper, joint compound, fabric, Paint, cedar, mixed media / 2014

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"decorating our apartment", wood, found objects, joint compound, fabric, Paint, cedar, mixed media / 2012

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"there's truth beneath the floorboards", lathing over ridged construction, Wallpaper, joint compound, fabric, Paint, mixed media / 2012

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