DAVID DIAO 刁德谦 Friends and Neighbors Forever 1 2018 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 254*106.7cm DD_7647

Stuart Davis and Ad Reinhardt are two American painters David Diao regards as his artistic heroes. The title 'Friends and Neighbors Forever' comes from the two artists' graves, which are next to each other. Diao made rubbings of their names and then silkscreen printed on this painting. He chose red and blue as the colours of the ground, because it is common to see red in Stuart Davis' works of art, and Ad Reinhardt once made a series of blue paintings in the 1950s.