Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Ian Davenport at Paul Kasmin
by THE EDITORS
Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Light Cerulean Blue, 2008. acrylic paint on aluminum, mounted on aluminum panel, 40 1/2 x 31 inches, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery
One of the original YBAs, as the bright young things of the London art scene were dubbed in the early 1990s, Ian Davenport has been known since his debut from Goldsmiths’ College for his crisp, bright, nonchalently sassy acrylic pourings such as this “puddle painting” with its knowing collision of calculation and chance. On view at Paul Kasmin where his solo show is closing today.
This was an artcritical PIC in May 2009.
