The works in this exhibition were motivated by Newkirk’s desire to engage with a broad range of aesthetic models while affirming his own expressive point of view.
These lively improvisations result from transformative negotiations between past and present cultures and the expressive needs, talents, and aspirations of the self. The vital, multi-layered visual and material situations that Newkirk constructs in these pieces reflect a deep desire to conjure, through complex means, a plastic equivalent to the competing theories, priorities, and coping strategies which engage us in this early part of the 21st Century. Catalogue quote by essayist Ron Shuebrook, January 30, 2014, “History, Self, and Transformation: David Newkirk The Juicetrain Dialogues”.
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