David Bowes Explained

David Dirrane Bowes
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma Mater:Rhode Island School of Design
Known For:Painting
Movement:1980s New York Art Scene

David Dirrane Bowes (born 1957) is an American painter, based in Turin, Italy.[1] [2] He was first recognized for his paintings during the early 1980s in New York's East Village.[3]

Biography

Born in 1957 to Katherine "Kae" (née Dirrane) and John S. Bowes.[4] He is a brother of science fiction writer Richard Bowes. Bowes attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the mid 1970s and has taught painting classes at his alma mater.[5] [6] [7]

His paintings are often brightly colored, with loose painterly strokes and make reference to multiple sources such as allegories, mythology and art history. He has been described as being a "brilliant painter",[8] and having a "delicacy of touch and genuine fascination with the medium of paint."[9]

Bowes' work is exhibited in the United States and Europe. He participated in 1999 at the 48th Venice Biennale and one of his works is present in the Lucio Amelio's Terrae Motus collection at the Royal Palace of Caserta starting in 1994.[10] [11] His work is held in various public museum collection, including the Walker Art Center,[12] [13] Portland Art Museum,[14] the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA, among others.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bowes, David. 2020-09-02. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011 . en. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00025066. 978-0-19-977378-7 .
  2. David Bowes - The Pleasant Land. 2011-10-20. 2015-04-17.
  3. Web site: Bonney. Anney. 1994-10-01. David Bowes by Anney Bonney. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171226081828/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/david-bowes/ . 2017-12-26 . 2020-09-02. BOMB Magazine.
  4. Web site: Katherine Bowes's Obituary on. The Newton Tab. 2015-04-17.
  5. Web site: David Bowes at Piece Unique Summer Group Show Robert Longo Peter Sacks Pat Steir Jan Van Oost Sophia Vari at Piece Unique Variations. www.artnet.com. 2015-04-17.
  6. Web site: 2014. Art in Pop: Footnotes as Headliners. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150223231225/http://beachpackagingdesign.com:80/boxvox/the-foot-notes-headliners . 2015-02-23 . 2020-09-02. Box Vox. en-US.
  7. March 6, 1979. Incorporated Press, Inc.. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200531180712/https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/studentnewspapers/128/ . 2020-05-31 . All Student Newspapers. 5.
  8. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_90/ai_91210242 Carter Ratcliffe, Art in America, Sept 2002.
  9. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_90/ai_91210242 Linda Yablonksy, Artforum, Jan 1993.
  10. Web site: Overview - Group show: 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia. ArtFacts.Net Ltd. 2017-10-20.
  11. Web site: Terrae Motus Collection. beniculturali.it. italian. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018192210/http://www.reggiadicaserta.beniculturali.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=403&Itemid=897. 2017-10-18. dead. 2017-10-20.
  12. http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/11617 walkerart.org
  13. Web site: David Bowes. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822091725/http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artists/david-bowes . 2016-08-22 . 2020-09-02. Walker Art Center. en-US.
  14. Web site: David Bowes. 2020-09-02. Portland Art Museum.

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