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David HallidayFlotsam a Fig Limb: Framed Still Life Photograph Measuring Stick & Ocean Debris2017
2017
About the Item
Color still life photograph of figurative fig branches with green leaves, measuring stick, and colorful nautical rope against a white and light beige background
'Flotsam and Fig Limb', by David Halliday, 2017
archival pigment print, ed. 1 of 10
57 X 37 inches unframed, 61 x 45 inches in white painted wood frames
Signed lower right
Wire backing, ready to hang as is
From a body of images in continuation of a series first began in Greece in 2007. While reminiscent of previous work in its examination of texture, shape, and form, his subjects take on a mind of their own, getting up and off the confines of the tabletop. His still lifes of found objects curiously resemble a moving figures. The images are often split at the middle into two planes, allowing David to articulate how he experiences color and material relationships. Tops or ‘heads’, if you will are mixed and matched with ‘torsos’ of olive and fig branches that pose against stucco walls in surroundings of dusty concrete. Halliday never ceases to intrigue viewers, as his subjects are transported from the mundane into a realm of fantastical beauty.
More about the artist:
American, b. 1958, Glen Cove, NY, United States, based in Schodack Landing, NY, United States
Elegant still lifes bathed in natural light, so masterfully composed one could forget that it is, in fact, a photograph – this is how we’ve come to recognize David Halliday’s work. The artist first gained recognition for his sepia toned silver gelatin prints of common place objects and food staples, emphasized by sublime balances of form, texture, and shadow one could liken to classical painting. In more recent years the artist began embracing his subject matter with modern pops of color in surreal arrangements; vegetables and fruits eccentrically coupled with fish nets and cutlery balanced on undefined tabletops, seeming to float in midair. Now the photographer is retracting his lens to encompass the studio itself as his subject. In a self-portrait of sorts, Halliday skillfully combines elements of his craft in a modest interior view. Halliday was one of the first artists Carrie Haddad began representing when she opened the gallery 27 years ago. Since then he has exhibited nationally and in Europe. He now lives and works in Schodack Landing by way of New Orleans and Nantucket.
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Born 1958, Glen Cove, New York
Lives in Upstate New York
EDUCATION
1998 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1988 The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
1976-79 Syracuse University, New York
1974-76 Wooster School Community Art Center, Danbury, Connecticut
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Still Life Like, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2018 Group Photography Exhibit, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013 Threadbare/New Photographs, Arthur Roger Galley, New Orleans, LA
McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 The Past Still Present, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2010 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Wessel+O’Connor Fine Art, Lambertville, NJ
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Graficas Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2009 Culinary Delights, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Two Decades: David Halliday, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
2008 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Still-Life, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Watermark Gallery, Houston TX
Strange Fruit: David Halliday and Greg Kuharic, La Motta Fine Art, Hartford, CT
2007 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Penultimate, 12 Orange Fine Art, Nantucket, MA
Artifacts: Photographs by David Halliday, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2005 Watermark Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
The Box Series, John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Still Lifes and Landscapes, Bassetti Fine Art Photographs, New Orleans, LA
2003 Wooded Scenes, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2002 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Edward Carter Gallery, Lewes, DE
2001 Wessel + O’Connor Fine Arts, New York, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Bassetti Fine Arts Photographs, New Orleans, LA
Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2000 Fong / Heimerdinger Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Wessel + O’Connor Fine Arts, New York, NY
Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1999 Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Bassetti Fine Arts Photographs, New Orleans, LA
Sailor’s Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1998 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
(X) Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1997 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Bridgewater / Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
Bassetti Fine Arts Photographs, New Orleans, LA
1996 Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Bridgewater / Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Cole Pratt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
1994 Bridgewater / Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1992 Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Dark Room, New Orleans, LA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2006 Emotional Rescue: Three From New Orleans, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005 In Search of Eden, Stephanie Hoppen, London, England
2004 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2003 Sailor's Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2002 Sailor's Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Bassetti Fine Art Photographs, New Orleans, LA
2001 Festival Garonne, Toulouse, France
Edward Carter Gallery, Lewes, DE
2000 The Selective Eye, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Contemporary Photography by Emerging and Established Talent, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Photography Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Revelations: Male Nudes, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1999 Male IV, Julian Hartnoll Gallery, London
Young Work, New Work, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MI
Twig, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans
Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1997 Carnival, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Entergy Louisiana Open, The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1996 The Portrait, Marlborough Gallery, NY
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
1995 Southside Gallery, Oxford, MI
1994 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY
Brown's Fine Art, Jackson, MS
1992 (X) Gallery, Nantucket, MA
Pittsfield Museum, Pittsfield, MA
COLLECTIONS
New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Banana Republic
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
New Orleans Museum of Art
Banana Republic
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- Creator:David Halliday (1958, American)
- Creation Year:2017
- Dimensions:Height: 61 in (154.94 cm)Width: 45 in (114.3 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2274334582
David Halliday
David Halliday's photographs are about beauty, pure and simple. His primary subjects are carefully composed still lifes, portraits and landscapes which he shoots in black and white film with only natural light. He is a purist behind the lens, rarely manipulating his negatives in any way and a master in the darkroom. His work has an ethereal quality that's translated not only through the subject, but also by the warm colors and sepia tones he uses in his printing.
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