David Poppie

b. 1969 kenosha, wisconsin

My recent work involves the reclaiming disposable objects in mass to create two and three dimensional works. Pieces can involve tea bags, matchbook strikes, plastic cutlery, etc. These items are generally disregarded and ignored by the everyday person. Through the gathering of the discards of contemporary culture, I ask the viewer to reconsider the function and value of these objects. I also reassign their value by re-contextualizing them by creating a piece of art from them. Besides utilizing the formal issues that interest me, based in the Minimalist school, I also am making a commentary on the disposable nature of contemporary culture.

1996 M.F.A University of Wisconsin: Madison, Madison, WI
1992 B.A. University of Wisconsin: Parkside, Kenosha, WI

Exhibitions: One & Two Person
2008(Re)mixed Media, Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin: Oshkosh

2004 Swoop Jersey Museum, Jersey City, NJ

1999Facades 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

1998Firelands Association for the Visual Arts , New Union Center for the Arts
Oberlin, OH

1997Mixed Media with Printmaking Processes Gallery 76, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA


Selected Group Exhibitions

20081968/2008 : The Culture of Collage, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY

Message & Magic: Collage and Assemblage in American Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Your Documents Please (invitational), traveling:
Museum of Arts and Crafts-Itami, Itami-shi, Japan
Zaim , Yokohama, Japan
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

2007Contact-Collage + Abstraction: Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York , NY

Making the Most of It: Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

Bits and Pieces: The Collage Image, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

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