David Huffman’s artworks present staged allegories of the black American experience, specifically stereotypical signifiers of this history. Landscapes of futuristic dreams or nightmares are always handled with humor. His abstract narratives are layered with references to music, politics, and art history. Huffman studied in New York and San Francisco and has an MFA from California College of the Arts. He received a Eureka Fellowship in 2007, an ARTADIA Foundation Award in 2006, and a Palo Alto Public Arts Commission Award in 2005. His work has appeared in Art Forum, Art Journal, Art Papers, Frieze, Flash Art, Vibe, New York Arts, What’s On in London, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times and is included in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, and the Oakland Museum of California, among others.
Additional Artworks
From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College
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Joel Whitaker
Sun #28, 1998
Wax on photograph
14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
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John McIver
Sequence 43, 1996
Watercolor on paper
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Richard Black
Candy Mountain Two, 1982
Lithograph on paper
15.25 x 11.25 in (38.74 x 28.58 cm)
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Carl Schwartz
Shrimp Fleet V, 1980
Lithograph on paper
15 x 22.25 in (38.1 x 56.52 cm)
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Joyce Tenneson
Untitled (from "Fashion"), 1979
Color instant print (Polaroid)
29.375 x 22 in (74.61 x 55.88 cm)
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Peter MacGill
Untitled, 1976-1977
Gelatin silver print
6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm)
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Jack Beal
Self-Portrait, 1974
Lithograph on paper
31.25 x 28.5 in (79.38 x 72.39 cm)
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Burt Silverman
Toledo at Nightfall, c. 1960
Lithograph on paper
20.6875 x 27.3125 in (52.55 x 69.37 cm)
About the artist
David Huffman
American
b. 1963