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Noah Marcus Davis

Noah Marcus Davis (1983 - 2015) was active/lived in California.  Noah Davis is known for Figurative and installation artist, museum founder.

Following is The New York Times obituary of Noah Davis.

Noah Davis, California Figurative Artist and Founder of the Underground Museum, Dies at 32

By Daniel E. Slotnik, September 1, 2015

Noah Davis, a painter and installation artist who founded the Underground Museum, an exhibition space in a working-class neighborhood of Los Angeles that provides free art shows, died on Saturday at his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 32.

He learned he had cancer a few years ago, his family said in confirming the death.

Mr. Davis’s paintings were mostly figurative works depicting blacks in surreal landscapes, sometimes with their features distorted or smeared in a manner reminiscent of Francis Bacon. He drew inspiration from sources as varied as Richard Brautigan’s 1968 novella In Watermelon Sugar and The Jerry Springer Show.

“The palette is very moody and evocative, and he has an extraordinary ability to convey emotional effect,” Helen Moleswo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3284 characters.]  Artist bio

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