image_above: Vaughn Davis Jr. installation view of CHROMA, his 2021 solo exhibition at Dragon Crab and Turtle.

COOL WIP episode 23:

coolin with VAUGHN DAVIS JR

Why worry?! There’s nothing to fear because we’re busy shaking hands with our old friend Vaughn Davis Jr.

Vaughn Davis Jr. has centered his incredibly prolific practice around breaking all the rules as he locates himself within the gallery and by extension, the world. We’re talkin’ mayonnaise cake,  riding' goofy, Yeezys, and work that rests in the ambiguous space between painting and sculpture, as it rebukes formalism, deconstructs traditional systems, documents its own making, and reforms to embody the time, space, emotion, and body of the maker. 

Catch Davis’ latest work in" Shady Beautiful” at Malin Gallery or on IG @vaughndavis__