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David Halliday
Clam Shells (Still Life Photograph of Purple & White Shells with Drift Wood)

2007

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Still life photograph of purple and white clam shells on pale grey and beige background archival pigment print, made in 2007 by David Halliday 10 X 15 inches unframed Edition of 25 In this series, Halliday captures the beauty of 'the ordinary' in still lifes of various objects and vegetation arranged against simple backgrounds. This nautical themed still life of deep purple and white clam shells beside a piece of drift wood is set on a light grey table top against a cream colored wood wall. The subtle color palette extenuates the various textures and gentle shadows cast on the objects. 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. Resume 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 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Aletti, Vince. "Photo Reviews." The Village Voice, 13 February 1996. Bennett, Steve. “Still life with camera.” S.A. Life, 21 October 2009. Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Art on the Walls." Gambit Weekly (New Orleans), 31 January 1995. Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Open Season." Gambit Weekly (New Orleans), 10 June 1997. Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Postmodern Time Travel". Gambit Weekly (New Orleans), 7 October 1997. Bookhardt, D. Eric. “Inner and Outer Light.” Gambit Weekly (New Orleans), 13 April 2004. Burton, Marda. "Life Behind the Gates." Veranda XV/6 (November / December 2001): 154. De Yampert, Vesta. "Creative Spaces." New Orleans Home and Lifemargin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.5in;tab-stops:45.0pt"> Fairclough, Julia. "Halliday Captures the Exotic with His Photography." Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket, MA), 27 August 1998. "Heavenly Opportunities, Saints Calendar Party Benefits Charities." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 1 September 1999. Hood, Susan. “’Strange Fruit’ In Pottery and Through the Lens: Art Exhibit.”, 29 October 2008. Kennedy, Margaret. "Frame Up". House Beautiful (March 1997). Leddick, David. Naked Men Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000. New York: Universe Publishing, 2000. Leddick, David. Male Nude Now: New Visions for the 21st Century. New York: Universe Publishing, 2001. MacCash, Doug. "David Halliday: A lensman Who Likes New Orleans." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 14 July 2000. MacCash, Doug. "New Developments: CAC Surveys the State of the Art of Photography." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 14 July 2000. McCulley, Russell. "Still and Alive, Exotic and Mundane: Photographs by David Halliday." Impact 21/2 (January 19 - February 1, 1996): cover, 16-17. McLellan, Marian S. "Downing, Halliday, Hirsch." New Orleans Art Review 15/3 (January/February, 1997): 12-15. Mead, Walter Russell. "Let's Buy Siberia." GQ (March 1993). Pearson, Liz. “An Eye for Food,” Zester, 28 January 2010. Rasmussen, Henry. "David Halliday." Black and White Magazine 10 (December 2000): 116-119. Read, Mimi. “David Halliday.” Southern Accents, September/October 2004. Rubin, David S. Photography Now: An International Survey of Contemporary Photography. New Orleans: Contemporary Arts Center, 2000. Span, Paula. "It's a Girl's World." The Washington Post, 22 June 1997. Waddington, Chris. "CAC Show Takes Sweeping Look at Louisiana Art" The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 2 May 1997. Waddington, Chris. "Compare, Contrast and Enjoy These Photo Shows." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 24 October 1997. Waddington, Chris. "Galleries Gave Great Free Shows Monthly." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 2 January 1998. Wolf, Elaine. “Sins of the Flesh.” San Antonio Current, 4 November 2009.
  • Creator:
    David Halliday (1958, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2007
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Hudson, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2274120722

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