Fully Exposed, an exhibition of mixed media paintings and black and white photographs by four-time Grammy Award winning musician David Holt will open at Pink Dog Creative, 348 Depot Street, Asheville, NC on Friday, June 6, 2014 with a public reception from 6-8 pm.
David Holt is best known as a Grammy Award winning musician, host of multiple PBS series and musical partner of Doc Watson. Photography has always been an integral part of his work as well. Since arriving in the southern mountains in the early 1970s, David has photographed his musical mentors, capturing their personalities and uniqueness. “Choosing the exact moment to push the shutter is a wonderful, creative challenge. I rely on intuition to capture a compelling composition at the very moment the subject lets down his guard,” Holt explains.
David’s show is a combination of his black and white photographs taken over the last forty years, plus his new mixed media paintings. The paintings are developed with layers of paint, limestone clay and photo transfers using the palimpsest technique. Palimpsest is something reused or altered, but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
“Recently I felt a need to combine the photographs with painting to explore some deeper meaning. Each painting must be created over time, revealing itself as the process evolves. It is a way to create art that evokes age, history, imperfection and soul. A tough combination to find, but one I experienced in the musicians of Appalachia, making them a natural subject here, too.”