Artist Information:
David Rubright
Solon, IA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2000
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Artist Statement:
I started working in the
medium of video in the early
1980's as an experimental art
form. At the same time, I
started a series of drawings
on a 'close-up camera view' of
the body. Then I used video as
a performance medium to
express my philosophy and
concerns about child
development and pedagogy. By
the mid 80’s the computer was
on the scene and I began
creating geometric works using
a simple mirroring method,
printing it to paper and hand
coloring the results (see
'Tufte-esque Multiples'). I
looked to traditional
anatomical studies almost
taking a path as a medical
illustrator. Through the
experience and studies in
video and performance arts,
increasingly I became
interested in performance and
sound. During my studies as a
post graduate student in the
90's, one of my pieces layered
sounds to create comments on
war as a commercial entity. An
easy reference from art
history to German and Swiss
dadaist during and after
W.W.I, I spent time remixing
commercial television.
I documented fluxous
performances in an
improvisational group of
composers and forced the music
academy to watch it. For
some, the idea that sound and
acting could ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
1993....University of Iowa
Musuem of Art, Iowa City,
Iowa. Fluxus Music Performance
Collaboration/ video
documentation with performance
event coordinated by Robert
Parades, video
1992....University of Iowa
Museum of Art, Iowa City,
Iowa. MFA Exhibition under
Hans Breder "Scream Walking",
video
1991....Multimedia Studios,
University of Iowa, Iowa City,
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David Rubright's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to David Rubright's Portfolio. Browse Rubright's body of work: I started working in the medium of video in the early 1980's as an experimental art form. At the same time, I started a series of drawings on a 'close-up camera view' of the body. Then I used video as a performance medium to express my philosophy and concerns about child development and pedagogy. By the mid 80’s the computer was on the scene and I began creating geometric works using a simple mirroring method, printing it to paper and hand coloring the results (see 'Tufte-esque Multiples'). I looked to traditional anatomical studies almost taking a ... |
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