David Broom, Born: 1944, Hertfordshire, England
Education: National Diploma in Design from the Watford School of Design in England. David Broom is an internationally recognized and award-winning designer. In 1980, he and his wife, Emily, founded Broom & Broom, Inc., a San Francisco based design firm. He is President and Creative Director.
David turned his creative focus to photography in 2000. His work has been exhibited in galleries and juried art shows and has been purchased by international and American collectors.
David and his wife reside in Sausalito, California, and have one son.
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David Broom, Ready tu m’aides
2009, plexiglass and silk screen printing,12” x 36” x 15”, $7,500
January 9 - February 7, 2010
THE SEDUCTION OF DUCHAMP
BAY AREA ARTISTS’ RESPONSE
CURATED BY:
Hanna Regev
& Steven Lopez
“I have been collecting and photographing man made discarded objects for several years without really considering to the fullest extent the influence Duchamp was playing in my work.
My work for this show focuses on Duchamp’s rejection of painting: Tu m’ (1918), a commissioned piece, being his last painting on canvas. While reading his article Apropos of Readymades, I was intrigued by the last sentence which I used in my piece and which was the inspiration for the images.
The title Ready tu m’aides is a play on words incorporating the title of Tu m’ (a French expression in which the verb is missing, equivalent to “you (blank) me”) and Readymades while encasing the piece in plexi both gives a nod to Duchamp’s past and to his irreverence to art as a “work of art”.” David Broom
... SINCE THE TUBES OF PAINT USED BY AN ARTIST
ARE MANUFACTURED AND READYMADE PRODUCTS
WE MUST CONCLUDE
THAT ALL PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD
ARE “READYMADES AIDED”
AND ALSO WORKS OF ASSEMBLAGE.
MARCEL DUCHAMP 1961
