HEDGE Gallery is elated to present David King’s new paintings, titled Transience and the Gift of Curiosity, opening this November!

HEDGE Gallery artist David King found a treasure trove of family movie reels and had them transferred to DVD. Watching the videos of lives past, he felt the sting of grief over the relentless march of time. As a figurative artist, King’s recent work transforms the nostalgia of old memories into a preservation of colorful, contemporary paintings. He rearranges the subject matter and subtracts from compositions to suggest the fleeting moments of life. 

King’s bold color palettes represent the modern mind breathing life back into images obscured by time's patination.

He states, “Working oil paint onto aluminum panels allows me to stamp words, cut and etch into the surface. Some figures have literally been cut out and left as a void, exploring the fact that we are only here for a short time. Often the literal messages on the panels seem to be whispered from a time past.”

Perhaps in these sometimes unsettling days, paintings like David King’s can help us process our past, cutting out what doesn’t belong in our present day, and allowing room for new hope to heal areas caused by painful memories. 

David King’s solo exhibition opens on November 19 at HEDGE Gallery and is on view until December 31, 2021.