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Elevations

M
y artistic journey has led me to ever more intimate compositions, allowing the artistry of manufactured items to be put on display. Analogous to Duchamp's Readymades, I invite the viewer to decide whether the objects are works of art in themselves, or whether it is the elevation of them to a museum-like setting that creates the works of art. The wear and tear visible on the objects gives testament to their functional nature; embodied in a wrench is a story of shelter, machinery, inventors, and workers.

The works reference visual styles of the past to emphasize the iconic and timeless nature of things manufactured. The still lifes, each elevating a single object, are inspired by the clean compositions of Spanish Baroque painter Juan Sánchez Cotán.


These images are copyrighted by David Garnick and may not be copied nor reproduced without written permission of the artist.