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SELECTED WORKS BY Enrico David


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Enrico David

Agent

2000
wool on dyed canvas

269 x 254 cm

Agent

Enrico David’s embroideries create a camp theatricality; his figures emerge as staged constructions, paralleling outward appearance with inner fantasy. In Agent, David’s crouching figure is set in monotone against blended grey ground, creating the inside-out suggestion of photographic negative. Within the red trimmed contours, an image of a warrior appears, reminiscent of Japanese woodcuts. Heavily stitched with thick wool, Agent’s burly soft texture both highlights and undermines the perception of strength and masculinity, portraying a dandy of heroic proportions.


Enrico David

Stick of Rock

1999
wool on dyed canvas

300 x 240 cm

Stick of Rock

Enrico David’s large-scale canvases explore personal identity within the public domain. Dealing with issues of queer politics, David appropriates elements from modernist design and contemporary culture to develop an intimate platform of fantasy and revelation. Created in embroidery on tie-dyed fabric, Stick of Rock presents a quirky sexuality based equally in high fashion, subculture, and home craft. Dressed in a Pucci-esque catsuit, David’s svelte poseur is both exhibitionist and stealth-like. His sleek figure is transformed by its woollen texture, drawing peculiar and humorous reference to S&M, bondage, and role-play with its seductively cuddly material.



ARTIST INFORMATION





Enrico David's BIOGRAPHY



1966
Born in Ancona, Italy

Currently lives and works in London

1990's
Fine Art studies at St. Martin’s


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


2004
Vernice. Sentieri della giovane pittura italiana, Villa Manin, Centro
d’arte contemporanea, Passariano (UD)

2003
Mobile Home, London
Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

2002
The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read / Björn Geipel, Kunstverein Braunschweig e. V., Braunschweig

2001
Im Wandel der Liebe zu uns selbst und des Gesichtsinns imallgemeinen, Maschenmode Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2000
Hard candy – berlin, kuratiert von Fiona Drummond,
galerie wieland, Berlin