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Artists : David E Davis Class of 1999

Davis (1920 - 2002) graduated from Case Western Reserve University with an MFA, in 1961. One of the region's most celebrated artists and the recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1980, Davis has been described as a "high modernist... keeping faith with ideas of beauty, aesthetics, and timeless universal content." He spent nearly forty years creating a large, impressive sculptural oeuvre distinguished by its pervasive quality, variety, visual intelligence, and originality. The consistency of his sculpture achievement is attributable partly to his unflinching adherence to certain philosophical principles, such as respect for materials, maintaining intellectual control over the creative process, and developing extensive permutations of a visual idea over a long period of time. He pursued some motifs for more than a decade, as reflected in the eight major themes of his sculpture: Open Forms, Growth Bands, Walking, Harmonic Grids, Tetrahedrons, Arches, Gates, and Sound Towers. His collection can be seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, Cleveland Art Association, Ameritech, Cleveland Public Library, and MT. Sinai Medical Center.

	Our programming is made possible with the support of the Davis Art Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the John P. Murphy Foundation, the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, and the Chrysler Foundation. Sponsers include:

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