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14 Facts About David Bradshaw

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David Bradshaw was born on September 28,1944 and is an American artist based in Cecilia, Louisiana, and East Charleston, Vermont.

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David Bradshaw's father was a modern interior designer, and his mother a classical pianist.

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David Bradshaw pursued a BA at the Hartford Art School from 1962 to 1965.

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David Bradshaw carves intricate patterns and designs into sheets of steel using a plasma torch.

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David Bradshaw exhibited his work there early in his career alongside the artist, and close friend, Gordon Matta-Clark.

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David Bradshaw spent a number of months here creating new work in the late 1960s.

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When David Bradshaw told Sonnabend that he had shifted his focus from painting to explosion performance and chose not to paint the 12 paintings she asked for, Sonnabend expressed her opinion that explosion art was not something that could be sold.

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David Bradshaw worked extensively with large sheets of treadplate steel and dynamite to create both free standing and wall mounted sculpture.

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Rauschenberg exhibited prints from his Chow Bag series while David Bradshaw exhibited drawings and other works on paper from his South America Pond series.

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David Bradshaw's art had a significant influence on the direction of Burrough's own artistic creativity and development.

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David Bradshaw's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.

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David Bradshaw's work was included in Ports of Entry, a retrospective of art and written works by Burroughs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996.

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David Bradshaw's work has been critically reviewed in Art in America, Contact Quarterly, and ArtForum as well as in other periodicals and newspapers throughout the United States.

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David Bradshaw's artwork has been collected both privately and publicly throughout the US and Europe.