Gallery Revisited - Artist: David E. Stone

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David E. Stone

David E. Stone's artwork is conceptually-based. Therefore, the work is driven by ideas not by visual images although the work is certainly visually interesting. As an example from his 2004 project, One Year in LA, the first month's exhibit consisted of several slides being shown in between movies at 43 Laemmle theaters throughout southern California and was a commentary on the supposed subliminal experiments conducted in the late 1950s.

David E Stone’s artwork synthesizes both conceptual and perceptual realities culminating in work that focuses on various pictorial themes using a variety of media. Upon initial encounter, Stone’s art can appear incongruous, however, based on further investigation one realizes that the work(s) present themselves intellectually similar and are, in fact, conceptually related.

In Stone’s oeuvre, media and scale constantly shift in presentation of the work which stands to define art that is focused and appropriate for each concept. The element of surprise and the intellectual engagement create an opportunity for the viewer to relate to his artwork on a variety of levels.

To date, Stone has shown scribbled out crossword puzzles from magazines, proposed rides for an unrealized amusement park called Ordinary World, large vinyl advertising banners of the signature of artist, Joseph Beuys, digital prints of the names of colors depicted in Braille, photographs of the La Brea Tar Pits at night. These are only a few examples of the variety of work exhibited so far.

The materials used in his artwork during this project have included gold leaf, digital prints, neon, ink, white-out, dirt, bronze, plastic water bottles, hard ground etching, lenticular trading cards, burned books to mention a few.

Stone's work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in NY, Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to present his art exhibition project, ONE YEAR IN LA.