Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for David Aiken Humphrey.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for David Aiken Humphrey ((Born 1955)), known for Surreal object arrangement, animals, genre, illustration, teaching. Showing associated keywords and tags.
David Aiken Humphrey KEYWORDS
Born 1955 Germany. Known for: Surreal object arrangement, animals, genre, illustration, teaching.
"Beer with a Painter: David Humphrey," by Jennifer Samet, October 25, 2014, published on the website of Hyperallergic. What I hoped to get from talking to David Humphrey were answers. The images in... Read full biography
"Beer with a Painter: David Humphrey," by Jennifer Samet, October 25, 2014, published on the website of Hyperallergic. What I hoped to get from talking to David Humphrey were answers. The images in his paintings are zany, raunchy, and wild: a girl in a lawn chair holding monkeys by their scalps; a... Read full biography
"Beer with a Painter: David Humphrey," by Jennifer Samet, October 25, 2014, published on the website of Hyperallergic. What I hoped to get from talking to David Humphrey were answers. The images in his paintings are zany, raunchy, and wild: a girl in a lawn chair holding monkeys by their scalps; a woman absent-mindedly marking another woman’s buttocks with daubs of paint; cats sitting beside slices of white bread partially spread with peanut butter. I wanted him to explain what it all meant. We... Read full biography
"Beer with a Painter: David Humphrey," by Jennifer Samet, October 25, 2014, published on the website of Hyperallergic. What I hoped to get from talking to David Humphrey were answers. The images in his paintings are zany, raunchy, and wild: a girl in a lawn chair holding monkeys by their scalps; a woman absent-mindedly marking another woman’s buttocks with daubs of paint; cats sitting beside slices of white bread partially spread with peanut butter. I wanted him to explain what it all meant. We met in his Long Island City studio before the opening of his current exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery. At one point, I asked him about a word he had used, and he explained it was a “neologism.” It occurred to me that Humphrey relishes... Read full biography
"Beer with a Painter: David Humphrey," by Jennifer Samet, October 25, 2014, published on the website of Hyperallergic. What I hoped to get from talking to David Humphrey were answers. The images in his paintings are zany, raunchy, and wild: a girl in a lawn chair holding monkeys by their scalps; a woman absent-mindedly marking another woman’s buttocks with daubs of paint; cats sitting beside slices of white bread partially spread with peanut butter. I wanted him to explain what it all meant. We met in his Long Island City studio before the opening of his current exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser Gallery. At one point, I asked him about a word he had used, and he explained it was a “neologism.” It occurred to me that Humphrey relishes that: the need to create new language to describe what is nevertheless indescribable. He has been a prolific writer on art for dec... Read full biography
David Aiken Humphrey - Artist Info
About David Aiken Humphrey: Keywords
Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Long Island, New York
Art School
- •Columbia University Art Department, Teacher
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950