Noah Davis
Tilton Gallery, New York
April 7 - May 16, 2009
Tilton Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by NOAH DAVIS. Davis is a young African-American painter schooled at The Cooper Union and currently residing in Los Angeles. This is Noah Davis’s first solo exhibition at the Tilton Gallery and his first solo exhibition in New York.
Noah Davis creates a uniquely personal narrative in his psychologically charged paintings by sourcing imagery from found photographs, art history and autobiographical events. At once a storyteller, a surrealist and an astute social commentator, he often represents the quiet, forgotten moments in American history. Noah Davis paints in an idiosyncratically classical manner, using traditional compositions and painterly techniques to evoke a world of nostalgia, memory and personal obsession. His works may reference racial, social or political issues, but always obliquely, depicting how these issues come to bear on our daily activities and inner lives.
Noah Davis’ work is currently featured in the Rubell Family Collection’s 30 Americans exhibition. On view at the Rubell Family Collection Museum in Miami until May 30, 2009, 30 Americans will travel to several venues throughout the United States.
Previous posts about Noah Davis work on Wanafoto :
Noah Davis: Nobody, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City (2008)
TILTON GALLERY
8 East 76 Street, New York, NY 10021
