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David LaPlantz
ARTIST'S STATEMENTThe satirical and serious, 3-D visual artist David LaPlantz, a.k.a.David D. Deco, D. D. Deco or D. David Deco creates colorful contemporary jewelry and social commentary, mixed media, assemblage sculpture in the form of 'Art Microphones'. A true Gemini, LaPlantz splits his mind and art between very wearable/colorful/decorative, painted aluminum jewelry and his ongoing investigation into the world of the "spoken word." When he hears curious quotations, outrageous statements or other "slips of the tongue," his mind races with images, shapes and forms that can somehow translate the 'verbal into a visual art statement.' LaPlantz's 'Art Microphones,' which often include recognizable and with highly personal visual symbolism, allow his social conscience to be exercised while visually alerting his viewers to seriously consider the "spoken word statements" behind his art. He is a metal-manic and a relentless explorer of ideas, visual images and verbal statements. His goal, each day is to discover the best way to exploit the dual minded creative directions. LaPlantz asks many questions with his art and hopes for a few answers. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS100 Brooches -- Brooches by U.S. and international artists based on the book, 500 Brooches COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA SELECTED EXHIBITIONSPins For Men, Facere Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2007 The Ring Show: Then and Now Exhibition, National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis TN, 2007 Parameters of Preciousness, invitational exhibition, Gahlberg Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL, 2006 200 Rings, invitational traveling exhibition, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2005 100 Brooches, invitational traveling exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2005 Rings, curated by Robert Ebendorf, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2004 Educators/Educated: Jewelry and Metals in Ohio, Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2004 California Art Metal Now: An Exhibition of Contemporary California Jewelry and Metal Art, Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005 Craft U.S.A.,'05, National Craft Triennial, juried exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, 2005 Alchemy: From Common Materials to Extraordinary Objects, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 2002 Formulations: A Metals Invitational, Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 1997 Gems and Jewels, New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection to the Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA, 1994 What's Shakin? Invitational Salt and Pepper Shaker Exhibition, Twist Gallery, Portland, OR, 1991 Avant Garde — Jewelry USA, Joan Michlin Gallery, New York, NY, 1988 Kinetic Jewelry, Hanau, Germany, 1987 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1987 Contemporary Metals II, national competitive exhibition, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, 1986 Contemporary Jewelry: The Americas, Australia, Europe and Japan, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Toyko, Japan, 1984 Good As Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry, traveling exhibition, sponsor: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1982-1984 California Crafts XIII, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, 1983 New Wave Jewelry, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, 1982 California Design '76, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1976 The Goldsmith, traveling exhibition, sites: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN, 1974 Metal Experience, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA, 1971 Goldsmith '70, traveling exhibition, sites: St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN, Museum of Contemporary Art National Sterling Silver Design Competition, USA traveling exhibition, starting at Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY, 1969-1970 COLLECTIONSLaplantz's work is represented in the following permanent collections: American Craft Museum, New York, NY California Craft Museum, San Francisco, CA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC National Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada St. Paul Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany Top |
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