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David Medalla was born 1942 in Manila in the Philipines. He lives and works between London, New York and Paris. Medalla has worked as an artist for almost forty years, making works which have included sculpture, kinetic art, painting, installation and performance. 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 1974–7 was chairman of Artists for Democracy, dedicated to supporting liberation movements worldwide.  
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'''David Medalla''' (1942, Manila/Philipines) lives and works between London, New York and Paris. Medalla has worked as an artist for almost forty years, making works which have included sculpture, kinetic art, painting, installation and performance. 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.  
  
 
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* Adam Nankervis, [http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?id=707 "A Stitch in Time: David Medalla"], ''Mousse'' 29, Milan, 2011. {{en}}/[http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?lang=it&id=707 {{it}}]  
 
* Adam Nankervis, [http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?id=707 "A Stitch in Time: David Medalla"], ''Mousse'' 29, Milan, 2011. {{en}}/[http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?lang=it&id=707 {{it}}]  
* N P James, ''David Medalla: Works in the World - Exploding Galaxy, The Bubble Machine'', Cv Publications, 2012, 64 pp. Interview with Medalla explores his art, performance and poetry from 1960 in London and Paris to the present day. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hxmVFKUCezcC&printsec=frontcover]
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* N P James, ''David Medalla: Works in the World - Exploding Galaxy, The Bubble Machine'', Cv Publications, 2012, 64 pp. [http://www.thecentreofattention.org/dgsignals.html Excerpt]. Interview with Medalla explores his art, performance and poetry from 1960 in London and Paris to the present day. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hxmVFKUCezcC&printsec=frontcover]
  
 
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* Guy Brett, "David Medalla: From Biokineticism to Synoptic Realism", ''Third Text'' 3:8-9 (1989), pp 79-106. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09528828908576237]
 
* Guy Brett, "David Medalla: From Biokineticism to Synoptic Realism", ''Third Text'' 3:8-9 (1989), pp 79-106. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09528828908576237]
 
* Guy Brett, ''Exploding Galaxies: The Art of David Medalla'', foreword Dore Ashton, London: Kala Press, 1995, 216 pp. [http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/27448] Review: [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/1467-8365.00075 Overy] (1997).
 
* Guy Brett, ''Exploding Galaxies: The Art of David Medalla'', foreword Dore Ashton, London: Kala Press, 1995, 216 pp. [http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/Details/27448] Review: [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/1467-8365.00075 Overy] (1997).
* John Albert Walker, ''[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/log/?p=2043 Left Shift: Radical Art in 1970s Britain]'', I.B.Tauris, 2001.
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* John Albert Walker, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=2043 Left Shift: Radical Art in 1970s Britain]'', I.B.Tauris, 2001.
 
* http://www.iau.usp.br/revista_risco/Risco16-pdf/04_trans02_risco16.pdf
 
* http://www.iau.usp.br/revista_risco/Risco16-pdf/04_trans02_risco16.pdf
 
* http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/david_medalla/
 
* http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/david_medalla/

Revision as of 10:58, 4 March 2017

David Medalla (1942, Manila/Philipines) lives and works between London, New York and Paris. Medalla has worked as an artist for almost forty years, making works which have included sculpture, kinetic art, painting, installation and performance. 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.

Works
Publications
  • 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).
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
Links