DAVID
BUCKINGHAM
For David Buckingham, Los Angeles is the subject matter, and battered, colorful found metal is the medium, but this artist goes far beyond simple "found object" work. Roaming the high deserts of Southern California to acquire his raw materials, he's in search of the cast away, the discarded, the abandoned--objects with a previous life and the scars to prove it. The remains of old school buses, farm equipment, road signs, tractor parts, etc. are carted to his downtown Los Angeles studio where they are muscled into works of art with a bewildering array of power tools and sheer force of will.
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Inspired by visual colloquialisms --street gangs, hand signs, handguns, muscle car logos, and text- Buckingham translates a lifetime of images pounded into him since he was young. Combining elegant decay with his own high / low vision, he creates his own specific vernacular.
David has exhibited all over the USA, and in Germany, Holland, Italy, London and Paris. |