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), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksAn Offering (White), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksAn Offering (Pink), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksAn Offering (Yellow and Persimmon), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksPale Shrub, 2015Glazed ceramic and steel
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David HicksPoly Structure, 2017-2020Glazed ceramic, steel
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David HicksTerraflora, 2018-2020Glazed ceramic and steel
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David HicksCabesas, 2020Glazed ceramic and steel
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David HicksAn Offering (Green), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksGhost (Pink), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (lg yellow), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksGhost (Blue - Green), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksStill Life (Castings), 2018Glazed ceramic, hemp twine
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David HicksStructure (Cascade), 2019Glazed ceramic, steel
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David HicksViolet Frame, 2017Glazed ceramic, steel
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David HicksClipping (Blue Green Clusters), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Red Vine), 2017Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Long Bean), 2017Glazed ceramic
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David HicksPoly Panel , 2020Glazed ceramic and stainless steel
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #12, 2020Pastel and charcoal on paper
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David Hicks, Library Drawing #13, 2020
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #20, 2020Ink on paper
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #23, 2020Ink on paper
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #32, 2020Ink on paper
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David HicksLibrary Drawing #6, 2018Pastel and charcoal on paper
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David HicksClipping (Green Fruit) , 2020Glazed ceramic
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David Hicks, Clipping (Blue Flora), 2020
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David HicksClipping (Yellow Blue Cluster), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Small White Branch), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Blue Cluster), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Red Bloom), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Green Leaves), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Olive Bloom), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Poly Bloom), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Persimmon Bloom), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (White Branch), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Yellow Vine), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Branches), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Bulb), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Green Cluster), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (White Bloom), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (Red Vines), 2020Glazed ceramic
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David HicksClipping (White Vines), 2020Glazed ceramic