David True is an American
painter who lives in New York City. He is also a teacher at Cooper Union, an
art institution. He was born in Marietta, Ohio in 1942. He attended Ohio
University and received both a BFA and MFA during his years there. His career took off when his work was included in the New Image Painting exhibition at the
Whitney Museum of American Art.
David True mostly painted
human images during his career, but in the 80s, he transitioned the nature of his subjects. He enjoyed painting the parts of the body such as the eyes. Later in his
career, he found nature to be very interesting. In some of his paintings, like the
Zen of Alarm, he used materials like acrylic and ink to portray surrealism in his work. He also worked on canvas
with water-based paint. Apart from other young artists, True used recognizable
images, with bold and simple shapes. This is evident in many of his
pieces.
What I find interesting about
David True is that he claims his body has been inhabited by ghost, who
determines the type of art. In an interview, he explained this along with
other information about his inspirations. He identified his greatest hero as
Giorgio de Chirico. He is fond of him because he invented surrealism, a 20th
century art movement, which allowed the creative potential of unconscious
minds. An example of the type of art is the juxtaposition of images. David True
really believed in the “power of the unconscious
process.”[1] He
claims that people disregard the unconscious mind, but he believes it has great
significance.
I like his work because it is simple yet intriguing. When I look at some
of his pieces, I really have to look and think about what the piece actually is.
I also really in enjoy the light colors he used is some of his new pieces. I like
the balance of abstract and real objects.
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