David DuBose received a BFA in Studio Art from Texas Tech University and an MFA in
Studio Art from Louisiana State University. He has had artist residencies in Ireland, Canada
and the United States, most recently at Santa Fe Art Institute. He lived in Ireland from
1992-2005, where he taught printmaking at the University of Ulster in Belfast and was a
visiting lecturer/artist at a number of other Irish schools, colleges and professional
printmaking studios. He served on the Board of Directors at Seacourt Print Workshop, N.
Ireland for two years before taking up the post of Manager in 1998, a position he held for
seven years.
He exhibits internationally and his works belong to many public and private collections,
including The AIB Collection of Modern Irish Art, The ColorPrint USA Collection, and The
Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama, among others. He teaches art at Lusher Charter School in
New Orleans.
Studio Art from Louisiana State University. He has had artist residencies in Ireland, Canada
and the United States, most recently at Santa Fe Art Institute. He lived in Ireland from
1992-2005, where he taught printmaking at the University of Ulster in Belfast and was a
visiting lecturer/artist at a number of other Irish schools, colleges and professional
printmaking studios. He served on the Board of Directors at Seacourt Print Workshop, N.
Ireland for two years before taking up the post of Manager in 1998, a position he held for
seven years.
He exhibits internationally and his works belong to many public and private collections,
including The AIB Collection of Modern Irish Art, The ColorPrint USA Collection, and The
Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama, among others. He teaches art at Lusher Charter School in
New Orleans.
"Constellations"
Dec.2008
Digital/Ink Jet Print
15" x 20"
I found this collaboration with Adriane Herman to be both exciting and challenging. Adriane
sent an image of a price tag on which someone had written 25c, typical of her beautiful found
images of lists and notes, but quite atypical for me, and so its integration into my own image
was the challenge facing me.
Many of the other elements in my image had already been kicking around for a while and I
spent considerable time in an effort to piece these together, along with Adriane’s price tag.
Eventually, an image began to take shape. There is the ethereal photograph of my
sister dressed up like a doll for a Little Miss Beauty Contest in 1965, and I found myself
subtly though persistently annoyed by the idea that children can be made into such a
spectacle for a kind of perverse entertainment. The visual layers containing theater seats
and garbage scattered carelessly on the floor – including the cast off 25 cent price tag –
serve to emphasize the cheapness of it all.
Dec.2008
Digital/Ink Jet Print
15" x 20"
I found this collaboration with Adriane Herman to be both exciting and challenging. Adriane
sent an image of a price tag on which someone had written 25c, typical of her beautiful found
images of lists and notes, but quite atypical for me, and so its integration into my own image
was the challenge facing me.
Many of the other elements in my image had already been kicking around for a while and I
spent considerable time in an effort to piece these together, along with Adriane’s price tag.
Eventually, an image began to take shape. There is the ethereal photograph of my
sister dressed up like a doll for a Little Miss Beauty Contest in 1965, and I found myself
subtly though persistently annoyed by the idea that children can be made into such a
spectacle for a kind of perverse entertainment. The visual layers containing theater seats
and garbage scattered carelessly on the floor – including the cast off 25 cent price tag –
serve to emphasize the cheapness of it all.
