Every June Pittsburgh's Mattress Factory Museum holds it's annual fundraiser in the form of an Urban Garden
Party, and each year there is a different theme to the event. The 2011 version celebrated From Hollywood to Paradise.
An unique part of the event each year is an auction of original artwork based on a theme related object that the museum has chosen for each artist to work with. Here's a collection of my art from some other garden parties.
This year each artist was given a 12" plastic replica of the Oscar. I must have spent a week wondering what to do with
that object until, I decided to boycott it all together in favor of a drawing of Sacheen Littlefeather.
Sacheen Littlefeather is a Native American activist who donned Apache dress and presented a speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando, for his performance in The Godfather, when he boycotted the 45th Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 1973, in protest of the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry.
I have created a very limited edition of 10, each print signed, numbered and printed with archival inks on 13" x 19" semi-matt archival paper.
Archival quality Inkjet print
13" x 19"
Paper finish: Semi-matt
Thickness: 10.5 mil
Weight: 250g/m²
Signed and dated: David Pohl, 2011
Edition of 10.
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Copyright © 2011 David Pohl
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6.23.2011
3.27.2011
Memory (2011 Version)
Memory (2011 Version)
Digital Mixed Media
Copyright © 2011 David Pohl
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The Loop Yoga Project
I am presenting The Loop Yoga Project at PetchaKutcha Night, Thursday March 24th. 8pm.
937 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh PA (3rd floor) Sponsored by AIGA PGH
PechaKucha means chit-chat in Japanese and was started by architects and designers to remedy
long-winded lectures and presentations. PechaKucha has spread to 337 cities around the world,
including Amsterdam, Beijing, Budapest, Hong Kong, London, and Pittsburgh!
1.10.2011
Sheasweet
Shesasweet by vastlesssmudge
Sheasweet
Vastlesssmudge
Created with analog loops/samples. Recorded and mixed live on a Tascam 4-track cassette tape recorder.
Circa, 1997
Contains samples from: Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison, Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
and By the Time I Get To Phoenix by Isaac Hayes.
Sheasweet
Vastlesssmudge
Created with analog loops/samples. Recorded and mixed live on a Tascam 4-track cassette tape recorder.
Circa, 1997
Contains samples from: Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison, Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
and By the Time I Get To Phoenix by Isaac Hayes.
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
Illustration Copyright © 2010 David Pohl
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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
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
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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
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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
Candyland
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
Snow White Dreams of Elvis
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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