Contemporary Museum Exhibiting Artist in 1995
David Reed at the Contemporary:
Going for Baroque September 24, 1995- February 4, 1996
In 1995 painter David Reed had a month-long residency with the Contemporary Museum and the Walters Art Museum to create works for the innovative exhibition known as Going for Baroque. Juxtaposing contemporary artworks with paintings and sculptures from the Walters Art Museum’s distinguished collection of Baroque art, Going for Baroque featured the work of eighteen international artists who share a fascination with the Baroque period’s penchant for theatrical drama and illusion. Bringing contemporary art into the Walters Art Museum for the first time, the exhibition curators established a provocative visual dialogue between past and present. Not unlike the Contemporary’s 1992 landmark exhibition Mining the Museum, Going for Baroque demonstrated the museum’s continued ability to engage audiences through unique collaborations with distinguished Baltimore cultural institutions. In addition to David Reed’s residency, the partnering museums sponsored residencies with Dotty Attie and Karl Connolly, who also created new works for the exhibition in response to the Walters’ collection.
David Reed’s Biography: David Reed grew up in California. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine in 1966, and the New York Studio School in New York on a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in 1967. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon in 1968. After getting his degree he moved to New York City, the city where he currently lives and works.
David Reed is the recipient of many awards, including the Roswell Museum and Art Center grant, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and the Ursula Blickle Foundation Art Award.
David Reed’s artist selection for Project 20: Ulrike Müller
The Contemporary Museum 