David Hicks: Seed
Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to present Seed, an exhibition of ceramics and drawings by David Hicks. This is Hicks’ first solo exhibition with the gallery. This body of work is closely connected to the landscape surrounding Hicks’ studio and home in Central San Joaquin Valley, a largely agricultural area in California. The artist writes,
While not tethered to a focused realism of nature’s shapes and natural development, my approach is more a loose conversation with natural form; one that addresses my interpretations of growth, irregularity and the movements of nature.
David Hicks’ multifaceted terracotta works ‘grow’ up and around the space in which they are installed. In some, dozens of unique elements are assembled into a steel armature that acts as a wall-mounted frame, or as a freestanding branch-and-root system on which the ceramic objects appear as a kind of fruit. Dionysian ‘Offerings’ take the artist’s maximalist approach to an extreme, depicting heaping plates of vegetal forms—some rising four feet high off the floor —doused in thick glazes, often captured in mid-drip. Plant-like forms also appear as small talismanic objects the artist calls ‘Clippings’. In places, the forms appear more bodily, like heads or organs, offering a reminder that we, too, are a part of the landscape.
David Hicks: Seed will be on view from January 9 – February 13, 2021. The gallery is open by appointment only, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am – 6pm.
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David HicksAn Offering (Blue), 2020
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David HicksAn Offering (White), 2020
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David HicksAn Offering (Pink), 2020
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David HicksAn Offering (Yellow and Persimmon), 2020
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David HicksPale Shrub, 2015
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David HicksPoly Structure, 2017-2020
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David HicksTerraflora, 2018-2020
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David HicksCabesas, 2020
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David HicksAn Offering (Green), 2020
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David HicksGhost (Pink), 2020
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David HicksClipping (lg yellow), 2020
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David HicksGhost (Green), 2020
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David HicksStill Life (Castings), 2018
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David HicksStructure (Cascade), 2019
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David HicksViolet Frame, 2017
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David HicksClipping (Blue Green Clusters), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Red Vine), 2017
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David HicksClipping (Long Bean), 2017
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David HicksPoly Panel , 2020
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #12, 2020
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David Hicks, Library Drawing #13, 2020
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #20, 2020
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David Hicks, Library Drawing #23, 2020
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #32, 2020
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #6, 2018
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David HicksClipping (Green Fruit) , 2020
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David HicksClipping (Blue Flora), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Yellow Blue Cluster), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Small White Branch), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Blue Cluster), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Red Bloom), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Green Leaves), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Olive Bloom), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Poly Bloom), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Persimmon Bloom), 2020
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David HicksClipping (White Branch), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Yellow Vine), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Branches), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Bulb), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Green Cluster), 2020
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David HicksClipping (White Bloom), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Red Vines), 2020
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David HicksClipping (White Vines), 2020