ART OFTHE REAL: DAVID POXON RI
On Display from April 6,2012 – April 30, 2012
CHARLESTON, SC (September 2011)- M Gallery of Fine Art SE is pleased topresent “Art of the Real,” an exhibition featuring watercolorists AngusMcEwan RWS ARWS, David Poxon RI, Denis Ryan RWS and Sandra Walker RI. As with many movements in the history ofart, these artists have come together in celebration of common ideals. The showwill be composed of approximately 40 watercolors, with 10 pieces from eachartist. The show will hang from April 6th – April 30th, afterwhich time it will travel to other cities in the U.S. The opening reception will be held on Friday,April 6th, in tandem with the First Friday Art Walk.
David Poxon RI
The need to feel a strong personal connectionto their subjects is evident throughout the groups’ work. David Poxon’spaintings of abandoned objects are visually stunning and denote a past – ahidden story of work and toil. This is arecurring theme in his work, whether it’s a piece of machinery, a lock, a door,sometimes a mountain of old metal and broken tools, that are all in a state ofreclamation by nature. What once were things created and used by man, thendiscarded, become objects of adornment.
When a painting works there is a resonance, which stretches beyondboth subject and picture plane, reaching out to the viewer and transcending amere visual experience. To be able to convey something of the 'real' of mysubjects, which are the commonplace, the overlooked, the places and work thingsof mankind, is a powerful and stimulating experience, a joyful and respectfulthing.
David Poxon
