Hi David, You were one of my instructors at the Whitney Independent Study when it was at Reade St, (Duane St?) in the basement of the bank. It was the fall of '74. One of the seminars was (I think) at either your loft or Ron Clark's loft. On one wall was one of your huge dragged paint paintings. You explained to me then that you used cardboard tubes (on which fabric for the garment factories downtown had been rolled) to squeegee the paint over the surface. I've never forgotten that because I found the painting very moving. Recently I visited the San Francisco MOMA where Don Fisher's collection of German painters was on display. Of course there were several Richter squeegee paintings included. I thought back immediately to your dragged paint work because, as you noted in your talk, your work preceded Richter's in the same vein. I was dumbfounded when you noted that your work was shown in Dusseldorf, (I think) you said before Richter emerged with his. I enjoyed listening to your artist's talk very much. Thank you. Steve Senter
Hi David,
You were one of my instructors at the Whitney Independent Study when it was at Reade St, (Duane St?) in the basement of the bank. It was the fall of '74. One of the seminars was (I think) at either your loft or Ron Clark's loft. On one wall was one of your huge dragged paint paintings. You explained to me then that you used cardboard tubes (on which fabric for the garment factories downtown had been rolled) to squeegee the paint over the surface. I've never forgotten that because I found the painting very moving. Recently I visited the San Francisco MOMA where Don Fisher's collection of German painters was on display. Of course there were several Richter squeegee paintings included. I thought back immediately to your dragged paint work because, as you noted in your talk, your work preceded Richter's in the same vein. I was dumbfounded when you noted that your work was shown in Dusseldorf, (I think) you said before Richter emerged with his.
I enjoyed listening to your artist's talk very much. Thank you. Steve Senter
At Cooper, Jack Whitten used to tell me I reminded him of David Diao!