DAVID THORPE
B 1972, London
Lives and works in Treignac, France

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    Never Look Back When Leaving

     

    NO. 17

     

    Peace Not Pacifism

     

    Reflection: 15 Years

     

    We have come to display but may come back to destroy

     

    This Isn’t Who It Would Be, If It Wasn’t Who It Is

    David Thorpe at The Drawing Room, London

    A Rare Beast in Full Display

    2021

    Watercolor on Paper

    28.25 x 20.5” / 71.8 x 52.1cm
    Framed: 31.25 x 23.75” / 79.38 x 60.34cm

    A Rare Beast in Full Display, 2021 (detail)

    A Rare Beast in Full Display, 2021 (Alternate view)

    Quiet Now, Hush…brooding, watching

    2022

    Watercolor on Paper

    29.13 x 21.26"/ 74 x 54cm
    Framed: 32.25 x 24.3” / 81.9 x 61.8cm

    Quiet Now, Hush…brooding, watching, 2022 (detail)

    Emphatic Display Ready to March

    2022

    Watercolor on Paper

    29.13 x 21.06"/ 74 x 53.5cm
    Framed: 32.2 x 24.1” / 87.8 x 61.1cm

    Emphatic Display Ready to March, 2022 (detail)

    Installation View: David Thorpe, We have come to display but may come back to destroy, Casey Kaplan, New York, September 8 - October 22, 2022

    Hush, Hush, Wild, Wild, Great and Brave

    2022

    Watercolor on Paper

    29.4 x 22.6" / 74.7 x 57.3cm
    Framed: 32.5 x 25.6" / 82.6 x 65cm

    Hush, Hush, Wild, Wild, Great and Brave, 2022 (detail)

    Installation View: David Thorpe, We have come to display but may come back to destroy, Casey Kaplan, New York, September 8 - October 22, 2022

    A Ripened Body in Waiting

    2018

    Watercolor on paper

    35 x 23.25'' / 88.9 x 59.06cm Framed: 38.25 x 26.5" / 97.16 x 67.31cm

    A Joyous Wild Body

    2018

    Watercolor on paper

    37 x 23.75'' / 93.98 x 60.33cm Framed: 40 x 26.5"/ 101.6 x 67.31cm

    Proud Beast Surviving

    2016

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    27.2 x 18.7 x 2.75'' / 69 x 47.5 x 7cm

    A Sweet Gift in Reverie

    2015

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    26.7 x 19.1 x 2.75'' / 67.8 x 48.5 x 7cm

    A Dear Beast Growing

    2015

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    27.5 x 18.8 x 2.75'' / 69.8 x 48.7 x 7cm

    A Dear Beast Growing, 2015(detail)

    A Glimpse of a Gift to Another

    2014

    Oak, hazel branches, sand, clay, horsehair, slaked lime, casein, pigment

    19 x 26.2 x 2.8'' / 48.4 x 66.5 x 7cm

    Ecstatic Fruit

    2013

    Watercolour on paper

    43.1 x 19.7'' / 109.5 x 50cm

    Dignified Fruit

    2013

    Watercolour on paper

    43.1 x 19.7'' / 109.5 x 50cm

    Joyous Bodies in Love Gleaming (Chest)

    2013

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    26.6 x 17.7 x 2.75'' / 67.5 x 45 x 7cm

    Detail view,Joyous Bodies in Love Gleaming (Chest)

    2013

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    26.6 x 17.7 x 2.75'' / 67.5 x 45 x 7cm

    Joyous Bodies in Love Gleaming (Crack)

    2013

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    26 x 17.7 x 2.75'' / 66 x 45 x 7cm

    Joyous Bodies in Love Gleaming (Crack)

    2013

    Oak, split hazel branches, sand, earth, clay, horsehair, dung, slake lime, pigment

    26 x 17.7 x 2.75'' / 66 x 45 x 7cm

    Exhibition view,Labour and Wait, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

    2013

    Exhibition view,Labour and Wait, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

    2013

    A Light in the Woods

    2012

    Plaster and leather on plinth

    25.2 x 5.5'' in diameter / 64 x 14cm Plinth: 51 x 12 x 12” / 129.5 x 30.48 x 30.48cm

    Revived Pattern

    2011

    Watercolor and pencil on paper, framed

    Panel 1 and 5: 45.4 x 10.7 x 1.2'' / 115.4 x 27.3 x 4cm Panel 2-4: 45.4 x 30 x 1.2” / 115.4 x 76.1 x 4cm Installed dimensions: 45.4 x 111.4” / 115.4 x 282.9cm

    Detail:Revived Pattern

    2011

    Watercolor and pencil on paper, framed

    Panel 1 and 5: 45.4 x 10.7 x 1.2” / 115.4 x 27.3 x 4cm Panel 2-4: 45.4 x 30 x 1.2” / 115.4 x 76.1 x 4cm Installed dimensions: 45.4 x 111.4'' / 115.4 x 282.9cm

    A Necessary Life

    2011

    Watercolour on paper

    41.9 x 23.4'' / 106.3 x 59.4cm Framed: 44.5 x 26" / 113 x 66cm

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