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* editor, ''Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study'', 10 issues, London: Signals Gallery, Aug 1964-Mar 1966; facsimile repr., index by Julian Zinovieff, London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995. [http://www.ccindex.info/iw/signals/] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine/gallery/signals_newsbulletin_of_the_c_8] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine] [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=17840&inventory_id=20695] Review: [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/1467-8365.00075 Overy] (1997). | * editor, ''Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study'', 10 issues, London: Signals Gallery, Aug 1964-Mar 1966; facsimile repr., index by Julian Zinovieff, London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995. [http://www.ccindex.info/iw/signals/] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine/gallery/signals_newsbulletin_of_the_c_8] [http://www.iniva.org/shop/voices_on_art_amp_culture/signals_magazine] [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=17840&inventory_id=20695] Review: [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/1467-8365.00075 Overy] (1997). | ||
| − | * ''[[:Keeler_Paul_ed_Planted_1968.pdf|planted. A report of the events leading up to and surrounding the arrest and committal to be tried before a judge and jury of 3 members of the Exploding Galaxy charged with being in possession of dangerous drugs]]'', ed. Paul Keeler, London: Exploding Galaxy, 1968, 142+73 pp. | + | * ''[[:File:Keeler_Paul_ed_Planted_1968.pdf|planted. A report of the events leading up to and surrounding the arrest and committal to be tried before a judge and jury of 3 members of the Exploding Galaxy charged with being in possession of dangerous drugs]]'', ed. Paul Keeler, London: Exploding Galaxy, 1968, 142+73 pp. |
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 18 March 2024
David Cortez Medalla (23 March 1942, Manila, Philippines – 28 December 2020, Manila, Philippines) was a Filipino international artist and political activist. His work ranged from sculpture and kinetic art to painting, installation, and performance art.
He co-founded Signals London in 1964 and edited the Signals Newsbulletin until 1966. Medalla founded the Exploding Galaxy, an artists collective, in 1967 and from 1974-77 was chairman of Artists for Democracy, dedicated to supporting liberation movements worldwide. He lived and worked between London, New York and Paris.
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Works[edit]
Publications[edit]
- editor, Signals: Newsbulletin of the Centre for Advanced Creative Study, 10 issues, London: Signals Gallery, Aug 1964-Mar 1966; facsimile repr., index by Julian Zinovieff, London: Institute of International Visual Arts, 1995. [1] [2] [3] [4] Review: Overy (1997).
- planted. A report of the events leading up to and surrounding the arrest and committal to be tried before a judge and jury of 3 members of the Exploding Galaxy charged with being in possession of dangerous drugs, ed. Paul Keeler, London: Exploding Galaxy, 1968, 142+73 pp.
- Interviews
- Adam Nankervis, "A Stitch in Time: David Medalla", Mousse 29, Milan, 2011. (English)/(Italian)
- N P James, David Medalla: Works in the World - Exploding Galaxy, The Bubble Machine, Cv Publications, 2012, 64 pp. Excerpt. Interview with Medalla explores his art, performance and poetry from 1960 in London and Paris to the present day. [5]
Literature[edit]
- Guy Brett, "David Medalla: From Biokineticism to Synoptic Realism", Third Text 3:8-9 (1989), pp 79-106. [6]
- Guy Brett, Exploding Galaxies: The Art of David Medalla, foreword Dore Ashton, London: Kala Press, 1995, 216 pp, IA. [7]. Review: Overy (1997).
- John Albert Walker, Left Shift: Radical Art in 1970s Britain, I.B.Tauris, 2001.
