Davin Watne http://davinwatne.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:17:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gazed Over http://davinwatne.com/painting/gazed-over/ http://davinwatne.com/painting/gazed-over/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:12:57 +0000 admin http://davinwatne.com/?p=282

Gazed Over, oil on canvas, 34"x 36", 2011

 

Gazed Over, installation view

 

Lying, oil on canvas, 38"x 36", 2012

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]]> http://davinwatne.com/uncategorized/hello-world/feed/ 1 UMKC faculty interview : Davin Watne http://davinwatne.com/news/umkc-faculty-interview-davin-watne/ http://davinwatne.com/news/umkc-faculty-interview-davin-watne/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:12:32 +0000 admin http://www.davinwatne.com/?p=264

Video interview on Vimeo

 

This a video interview of  UMKC Studio Art faculty in their studio and in their own words.  Click on the link below it will take you to Vimeo where you can see this short video and others on artist Barry Anderson, Elijah Gowin, Craig Subler.

Link to Vimeo

]]> http://davinwatne.com/news/umkc-faculty-interview-davin-watne/feed/ 0 Face and Heads http://davinwatne.com/news/face-and-heads/ http://davinwatne.com/news/face-and-heads/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:13:26 +0000 admin http://onedesignbuild.com/davinwatne/?p=216 Within Reach, 2010, oil on canvas

The amazing Kansas City gallery Cara and Cabezas has a great new blog.  The month of August featured an essay on my painting Within Reach, 2010 by Halcombe Miller.  I’m a big fan of her writing and really enjoyed  the way she approaches this painting and the thoughts that it generates.

http://faceandheads.wordpress.com/

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Material Deity, oil on canvas, 38"x 36"

 

Material Deity, installation with Extension Towers

 

Material Deity (yellow), oil on canvas, 24"x 24"

 

 

 

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Extension Towers, hair extensions, metal dowels, vinyl tile.

 

Extension Towers, detail

 

Extension Towers (crescent layout), hair extensions, metal dowels.

 

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Gently is a life-size replica of a 1974 dodge charger made entirely out of cardboard, papier mache, and tissue paper.

 

Gently, detail of the tires

 

Gently was ritually burned at a midnight Mardi Gras parade in downtown Kansas City

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The Grand Titillation, bean bags, purses, hair extensions, butterflies, vinyl fabric

 

The Grand Titllation, two detail shots

 

Mt. Vernon Street Walker, purses, scarves, hair extensions, butterflies

 

 

Piston, plastic plants and flowers, purse, hair extensions, butterflies, scarves

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Follow Mother digital photo, 2009

Neal and Lacy, digital photograph, 2010

In Between Here and There, digital photograph, 2009

Startled, digital photograph,2009

]]> http://davinwatne.com/interdisciplinary/trail-camera-experiments/feed/ 0 The Long Winter http://davinwatne.com/interdisciplinary/the-long-winter/ http://davinwatne.com/interdisciplinary/the-long-winter/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:24:25 +0000 admin http://onedesignbuild.com/davinwatne/?p=160 “THE LONG WINTER” is a performance installation that addresses the issues of oil consumption and first world privilege.  This installation uses sculpture, sound, performance, fashion and animation, to surround the viewer with a multi-sensory experience about beauty, isolation and exploitation of resources in the north pole.

 

Long Winter, interior detail


bouncer greeting participants before entry

 

viewer exiting the Shanty

 

inside the Shanty with performers

 

interior detail of shanty with swimsuit model

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