Austin Chronicle: David Ball: A Certain Reality

"Ball works in collage and mixed media, and it's his work here that most shores up one's expectations of continued grayDUCK excellence. Because, collage? Aren't there so many easy ways in which collage can be – and often is, regardless of where it might be displayed – done poorly? But Ball's work is collage that Dave McKean could be proud of... "


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Platinum Cheese: Art Insights with David Ball

"Art Insights with David Ball" by Rick Galiher

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David Ball: Gray Duck Gallery- A Certain Reality

A CERTAIN REALITY
“A Certain Reality” explores the spaces between reality and imagined perceptions, where characters bear witness to an internal narrative of memories and relationships. This exhibition features three artists that create delicate, yet complex ethereal landscapes and characters, including mixed-media collages from David Ball and paintings from Jennifer Davis and Megan Kimber.

opening reception: friday, february 22, 7-10pm
exhibition dates: february 22 – march 30, 2013

608 W. Monroe St. | Suite C | Austin, Texas 78704
512.826.5334 | duckduck@grayduckgallery.com

David Ball: Cella Gallery- Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes: a provocative group exhibition of ominous worlds and forsaken dreams, featuring multiple works from 10 innovative artists: Annie Owens, Christian Rex van Minnen, Christine Wu, Chrystal Chan, David Ball, Fulvio Di Piazza, Jana Brike, Jessica Ward, Judith Supine, and Michael Page.

Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 from 7-10pm
Cella Gallery
11135 Weddington Street #112
North Hollywood, CA 91601
www.cellagallery.com

For an advance online preview, please email info@stephaniechefas.com

Weird and Wonderful Surrealist Art by David Ball

"David Ball has his own twisted approach to surrealism, an art genre that is known for its obscure forms and alienish landscapes. That David Ball’s art works are bizarre within his genre is testament to just how “out there” his work is. Ball’s surrealist paintings bridge the gap between traditional surrealism and pop surrealism while standing in a class of its own. Pop surrealism is a modern form of surrealism that uses popular media as subjects in the paintings, while traditional surrealism tends to combine or distort objects that exist in reality such as animals, clocks and furniture. Ball’s paintings have elements of both of these genres, but lacks the necessary criteria to belong firmly to either genre. Instead, his art style hovers on the fringe of surrealist art, marking the border between imagination and hallucination.

Ball works in a variety of media with color pencil featuring prominently in his trippy, surrealist designs. Color pencils bring a dimension of texture that can’t be achieved with paint. It is also a medium that allows artist David Ball to work a wealth of intricate detail into his art. Adding to the unusual nature of David Ball’s surrealism is his use of images cut out of magazines. These pictures help to twist the perspective in Ball’s art, especially since the artist uses the images in unusual ways. A picture of a banister can become a creature’s teeth and photographs of fruit can become another beast’s bulbous eyes. In David Ball’s art, repetitive patterns combine with magazine cut-outs and optical illusions to create a visionary landscape that truly is above reality."

Microscopic Giant: The Parallel Universe of David Ball

"Looking at David Ball’s mixed-media paintings is analogous to staring at alien creatures that function as your reflection. They exist in a parallel universe where life is represented through Rorschach test-like brush strokes and layers of magazine clippings. When viewing Ball’s work in person, it’s easy to imagine these creatures having paper bag hearts that feverishly contract and inflate when they feel they are being watched. Trapped in a contextual narrative, they are frozen in motion. Ball’s subject matter involves social commentary, relationships, internal struggle and the ever-persistent id". 
Tracy Jones
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