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Artist Statement:
My abstract paintings are
based on New York City’s urban
communities and the way we
occupy space within that
environment. Within the
intricate symbols of the human
experience there is design.
There is a system that our
innate spirits know from deep
within that forms repetitive
clusters in varied densities
of a given space. Our daily
lives are directed by
numerical codes that underlie
how we think and move. We
cluster like the stars,
branches and cells under a
microscope.
I have observed pedestrians in
repeated formation often
creating triangular shapes as
they move about.
In our physical form we walk,
sit and congregate in
patterns. In dense areas
where there appears chaos,
there is also order within
creating constant shapes be it
in color or composition.
Thus, composition and
disparate colors are place
strategically in a variation
of geometric and organic
shapes creating movement in my
series of work. By my
application of this technique,
my paintings emanate a sense
of chaos yet order within the
chaos.
My goal is to contribute to
the world and the environment
by investigating our human
desire to create such systems
by the use of abstract form
highlighting ...
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Diane Davis Biography:
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Diane Davis' ongoing visual exploration of the physics of the urban environment and her love for dance informs her paintings. A painting from the Dance series, Sunrise Dancers, and an earlier work from her Childhood series, Log Cabin, is in the permanent collections of The Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture, NY; her work is also included in the Mount Claire Museum, NJ. She has exhibited nationally including the Hampton Museum, Va., the MoCada Museum, Brooklyn, NY, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY, The Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY and The 2008 National Black Fine Arts Show, NY.
Ms. Davis’ art commissions include Affinity (formerly the Bronx Health Plan), Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY, Bridgefield Civics League, Bronx, NY, and the Riverbank State Park, NY.
Her work is featured in documentaries, such as “NINE BY FIVE: Nine Artists. Five Boroughs. One City”, presented on TV, and in print media, such as the New York Times, the Daily News, and the Journal of the Print World. Ms. Davis' work is published in 365 Days of Black History in Praise of Women, Psychology, 2002, and Essentials of Sociology, 2002. Ms. Davis is a participating artist in The Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Portfolio, 2000.
Diane Davis is a native of Paxton, Illinois and a longtime resident of the Bronx, NY. She holds an Associates Degree in Fine Art from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Currently she is an artist-in-residence at Chashama's Manhattan, NY studios.
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