Carnegie Museum of Art
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
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Museums page for David Aiken Humphrey ((Born 1955)), known for Surreal object arrangement, animals, genre, illustration, teaching. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403