Douglas Matthew Davis, Jr.
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Douglas Matthew Davis, Jr. (1933–2014) was a prominent American artist, art critic, teacher, and writer who played a significant role in the field of contemporary art from the 1960s until his death. He is recognized as a pioneer in experimental video art, having participated in early international satellite telecasts such as 'The Last Nine Minutes' at documenta 6 in 1977. Davis was also an influential critic and theorist; he served as an architecture and photography critic for Newsweek magazine from 1969 to 1988. His work explored the social relationship between people and technology, leading him to create some of the earliest art pieces on the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s. He taught advanced media at over 25 universities and published several theoretical works on post-modernism and television power.[1,4,5]
Themes
- Video Art
- Performance Art
- Satellite Art
- Art Criticism
Books
Works by Douglas Matthew Davis, Jr.
- Photography as Fine Art 1987 · Thames and Hudson · book · English ISBN 0500273006 Introduction by Douglas Davis.
- Artculture: Essays on the Post-Modern 1977 · Harper & Row · book ISBN 978-0-06-431000-0
- The Museum Transformed: Design and Culture in the Post-Pompidou Age 1990 · Abbeville Press Publishers · book ISBN 1-55859-064-1
- The Five Myths of Television Power, Or, Why the Medium is Not the Message 1993 · Simon & Schuster · book ISBN 978-0-671-73963-8
Exhibitions
- 1999 The Anagrammatic Body Neue Galerie, Graz solo
- 1999 The Net. Condition Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe solo
- 1999 The American Century, Part II Whitney Museum solo
- 1998 Governor's Conference on the Arts and Technology Information Technology Center, New York group
- 1997 P.S. 1/Institute of Contemporary Art New York solo
- 1996 WithDrawing Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York solo
- 1996 X-Art Foundation New York solo
- 1995 Kwangju Biennale Korea group
- 1995 Museum Sztuki Lodz solo
- 1994 Discours Amoureux Galerie St. Gervais, Geneva solo
- 1993 TranceSex Amanda Obering Gallery, Los Angeles solo
- 1985 Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (one-man) solo
- 1991 Centro de Arte y Communicacion—Harrod's en Arte Buenos Aires solo
- 1989 Kunstverein Cologne solo
- 1986 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum solo
- 1985 Whitney Museum of American Art solo
- 1976 Venice Biennale group
- 1983 The New Museum New York City solo
- 1983 The Museum of Modern Art solo
- 1984 The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden solo
- 1982 Metropolitan Museum of Art group
- 1983 Wadsworth Atheneum solo
- 1981 Centre Pompidou Paris solo
References
- Douglas Davis (artist). Wikipedia link
- Daniel E. Slotnik. Douglas Davis, Newsweek Critic and Internet Artist, Dies at 80. The New York Times. 2014 link
- Photography as fine art. IIE Library Catalogue. 1983 link
- Douglas Davis (1933–2014). Artforum. 2014 link
- Douglas Davis. Whitney Museum of American Art link