Here's a link to a recent interview posted by Mundania Horvath. She has a terrific blog about art, design and architecture in Pittsburgh called Steeltown Anthem.
8.19.2010
Steeltown Anthem Interview
Here's a link to a recent interview posted by Mundania Horvath. She has a terrific blog about art, design and architecture in Pittsburgh called Steeltown Anthem.
8.03.2010
How To Solve a Thorny Problem
We're used to living in an either-or-world, but when it comes to yes-or-no dilemmas, the most powerful thing you can ask is: What if both answers are true?
Client: O, The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Herve Kwimo
July 2010 issue
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5.13.2010
A Winter Hymnal (Songs For My Father)
A Winter Hymnal (Songs For My Father)
A compilation of nine photographs documenting a series of rituals performed in my garden this past winter
in memory of my father Elmer Pohl, who died on December 22, 2009.
A Winter Hymnal (Songs for My Father) is my contribution to a new group show called Responding, which
opens this Friday April 16 at Future Tenant and runs through May 15. Responding is curated by Anna Mikolay.
Responding:
In November of 2006 I buried my 13 year old dog Sherman under an old lilac tree in the back yard behind
my home. Soon after, I began to use his burial site as a place to perform puja (devotional ritual) ceremonies.
This personally sacred site has become for me a place to reflect upon love and reverence, memory, loss, time
and the nature of decay.
2.06.2010
Ganesh (2010)
Ganesh (2010)
Site specific wall drawing (12' x 20')
Spirograph, ink, graphite, latex, gouache, watercolor, kum-kum powder, tumeric, incense, fire and found objects.
@ The Pittsburgh Center For the Arts
from the exhibition Cluster
Curated by Adam Welch
February 5, 2010 - March 28, 2010
Copyright © 2010 David Pohl
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Site specific wall drawing (12' x 20')
Spirograph, ink, graphite, latex, gouache, watercolor, kum-kum powder, tumeric, incense, fire and found objects.
@ The Pittsburgh Center For the Arts
from the exhibition Cluster
Curated by Adam Welch
February 5, 2010 - March 28, 2010
Copyright © 2010 David Pohl
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Ganesh: from The Loop Yoga Drawing Project
Ganesh
Spirograph, ink, graphite, latex paint, gouache, watercolor, kum-kum powder, tumeric, incense, fire and found objects.
2010 @ The Pittsburgh Center For the Arts from the exhibition Cluster Curated by Adam Welch February 5, 2010 - March 28, 2010
Ganesh is the fifth installment in my continuing series (since 2001) of site specific wall drawings created utilizing a Spirograph, the 1960's drawing toy for children.
Ganesh (or Ganesha), is the beloved Hindu God with the head of an elephant (representing the Atman or soul), and a body in human form. Ganesh is known as The Lord of Beginnings, The Lord of Success and The Remover of Obstacles. He is one of the five primary Hindu deities, along with Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Durga. The first action in almost all Hindu pujas (devotional rituals) is to honor Ganesh.
I first started working with the Spirograph in 2001, and quickly discovered it's potential as a tool for meditative, ritualistic drawing practices. Around that time I also began a music project to facilitate my meditation and yoga practice, based on the concept(s) of mantra. I called it Loop Yoga. Loop Yoga utilizes sampled music in the creation of repetitious sound currents with the intention of deeply connecting to the divinity encased within a sound structure. Together I have dubbed these (drawing and sound) investigations The Loop Yoga Project. The ephemeral, mutable and repetitive elements of this work points towards the cyclical nature of life. I attempt to illustrate the idea that life is ultimately a spiritual process through which one can discover a deeper union with (a) timeless reality.
6.24.2009
6.22.2009
Yes
Yes (2009)
78 record, type blocks, heat
Photographed by Madelyn Mulvaney
Copyright © 2009 David Pohl
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Toaster Player
Toaster Player (2001)
Toaster, electric motor, 78 record
Copyright © 2001 David Pohl
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Pool of Silence
Pool of Silence (2006)
78 rpm records
Installation at SPACE Gallery
812 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Included in the exhibiton Pinch Hitters
June 9 - Aug 4, 2006
Copyright © 2006 David Pohl
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Memory
Memory (2003)
Digital mixed media
Selected for inclusion in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 45
Copyright © 2003 David Pohl
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Full Moon in Bloom
Full Moon in Bloom (2008)
Digital mixed media
Chosen for inclusion on the American Illustration 28 website
8 x 10 Prints available here
Printed on gallery- quality, matt, acid free, archival paper
Copyright © 2008 David Pohl
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Copyright © 2008 David Pohl
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Blossom
Blossom (2009)
Mixed media on linen on wood
Copyright © 2009 David Pohl
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Candyland
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Candyland (2006)
Dried flower seed pods, Elmer's wood glue and latex on wood
Copyright © 2006 David Pohl
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Monkey Mind
Monkey Mind (2004)
Digital mixed media
Selected for inclusion on the American Illustration 23 website
Copyright © 2004 David Pohl
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The Monkey Civilization
The Monkey Civilization (2005)
Polaroid SX-70 Photographs
Copyright © 1995 David Pohl
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Pinocchio Buddha
Pinocchio Buddha (2004)
Assemblage
Copyright © 2004 David Pohl
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Neverland
Neverland (2009)
Digital mixed media
Copyright © 2005 David Pohl
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Copyright © 2005 David Pohl
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Snow White Dreams of Elvis
Snow White Dreams of Elvis (2005)
Digital mixed media
Copyright © 2005 David Pohl
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Kali Elvis
Kali Elvis (2005)
Digital mixed media
Copyright © 2005 David Pohl
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Holy Cow : A Journey Through India
From the series Holy Cow : A Journey Through India
February 14, 2007 - March 17, 2007
Copyright © 2007 David Pohl
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Nataraja
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Nataraja (2003)
Spirograph,ink, water, fire and found objects
at Allegheny College, Meadville PA
A site specific drawing made directly on the walls of the gallery. The drawing itself (made with the use of a spirograph, the 1960's art making device for children) contains thousands of various small circles representing Shiva, The Cosmic Dancer - An ancient image of the divine dating back to prehistoric times in India. The drawing was completed in three days.
Copyright © 2003 David Pohl
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Spirograph,ink, water, fire and found objects
at Allegheny College, Meadville PA
A site specific drawing made directly on the walls of the gallery. The drawing itself (made with the use of a spirograph, the 1960's art making device for children) contains thousands of various small circles representing Shiva, The Cosmic Dancer - An ancient image of the divine dating back to prehistoric times in India. The drawing was completed in three days.
Copyright © 2003 David Pohl
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Gajara
Gajara (2007)
Spirograph wall drawing created for
Arts Reverie in the Old City, Ahmedabad
Gujarat India
March 2007
Copyright © 2007 David Pohl
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