David Freed (printmaker)

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David Freed (born 1936) is an American artist based in

artist's books combining his etchings with their poetry.[1][2]

Education

After earning a BFA from

Fulbright grants, with which Freed continued the study of printmaking at the Royal College of Art
in London and Wright worked on his poetry in Italy.

Exhibitions and collections

In Richmond, Freed is represented by Reynolds Gallery.

Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City; and Philadelphia Museum of Art
.

In 2001 Ted Potter presented David Freed, Printmaker, the first comprehensive museum exhibition of works by

Anderson Gallery both curated and wrote the 107-page illustrated exhibition catalog for the David Freed retrospective show.[10]
"David Freed epitomizes the artist/teacher, whose commitment to teaching excellence enhances rather than limits his ability to make significant art," said Potter, adding, "This retrospective exhibition is a fitting tribute to this master printmaker and dedicated teacher."

Critical reception

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Wright said of Freed: "There is a modesty in Freed's work - not of ambition but of presentation - that is like the spread of light in certain Renaissance paintings. One doesn't know where it comes from, but it is everywhere, enlightening, leaving us, somehow, more room to look in, a seduction of sorts that eschews excess."

Poet Laureate of the United States, and with award-winning poet Larry Levis have been chronicled in the pages of Blackbird, an online journal of literature and the arts.[13]

In addition to the Fulbright Grant, other awards to Freed include Virginia Commonwealth University Award of Distinction, Southern Graphic Council (2009); Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts, Richmond, Virginia (2001); Faculty Grant-in-Aid, Virginia Commonwealth University (1989–90; 1983–84); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1983–84); Nattie Marie Jones Fellowship (1983); and World Print Competition (1977).

Teaching

Beginning in 1966 Freed was a full-time printmaking professor at

Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts.[14] After his Fulbright work, he returned to the United States in 1964 to teach sculpture, design and children's classes at the Toledo Museum of Art
.

In an interview by Roy Proctor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Freed said,[15]

Every new generation comes along with a new set of problems, and I've learned far more from my students than they've learned from me. . . . I don't like to make students work in the way I would work, and I would not presume to tell students that they should work in a certain style. But there are certain things I've told students that have stood the test of time. I tell students that there are no new stories, but that they have to tell those old stories as if they're telling them for the first time. In other words, they have to be true to themselves."[16]

Freed has been a visiting lecturer at

Loughborough, England (1986, 1976); University of Virginia, Charlottesville (1997, 1974); and the John Ruskin School
, Oxford, England (1972, 1970).

Biography

David Freed was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1936, the first child of Clark and Thelma Freed.[17] He and his wife, Mary, live in Richmond, Virginia and have two sons.

References

  1. ISBN 0-935519-24-6
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  2. ^ "David Freed - 21 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ^ ""Improvisations on David Freed" by Charles Wright | Blackbird v13n2 | #gallery". www.blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "David Freed | Reynolds Gallery". www.reynoldsgallery.com. 2012-01-08. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ^ "David Freed | Reynolds Gallery". www.reynoldsgallery.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  6. ^ "David Freed | Reynolds Gallery". www.reynoldsgallery.com. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  7. ^ "David Freed: Windows: For Bev | Reynolds Gallery | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  8. ISBN 0-935519-24-6
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  9. ^ "David Freed | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ^ "VCU's Anderson Gallery announces 'David Freed, Printmaker'". Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  11. ^ "David Freed: Artist". davidfreedartist.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Prints & Poems Introduction | Blackbird v13n2 | #gallery". www.blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  13. ^ "VCU English – Announcing Blackbird v13n2". english.vcu.edu. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  14. ^ "David Freed, Blackbird". www.blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  15. ^ Proctor, Roy (August 19, 2001). "Drawing from Life". Richmond Times-Dispatch. pp. G1, 6.
  16. ISBN 0-935519-24-6
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  17. ^ "David Freed: Artist". Archived from the original on 2016-05-08. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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