In this exhibition, I am exploring themes of longing, wonder, uncertainty, abandonment, forgiveness, friendship, and contemplation through an unfolding narrative of symbolic proxies, including a horse, a dog, the sea, the moon, a train, a boat, and others. The work draws upon memory, recollection, and the ways lived experiences are transformed over time. Each carries its own symbolic and metaphorical weight, helping to open the work to broader themes that… (Read More)
I chose the title River Becoming/Becoming River, because the Kansas River is a process, forever recreating itself. And as a rivering human, adventuring along the river and exploring it from various angles, not to mention drinking its waters from my tap, I am surely becoming the river.
My work is typically determined by the weather; maybe drought has revealed intricate sandbars on the river, or floodwaters have… (Read More)
In this new exhibition, Baby We Were Born To Run, Davin Watne presents a body of paintings and prints exploring metaphor and allegory within the American experience. These works build humorous narratives that challenge prevailing media depictions of nationalism, toxic masculinity, and culture war politics. By intersecting these themes with concepts of folk physics, Watne exposes the fragile underbelly of male vulnerability.
Watne utilizes "folk physics" as a conceptual… (Read More)
