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Jamie Davis was born in Philadelphia in 1945. He earned a B.A. from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, in 1967, an M.A. from Exeter College, England, in 1971, and an M.F.A. from Clemson University, South Carolina, in 1973. Primarily a ceramicist, Davis also creates wall-mounted sculptures of metal, fabric, and paper. His work has been exhibited at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and in several galleries. His body of work is quite varied in media and technique, but all of it is self-referential, expressing his personal experience. His work from the 1980s, during which time he was building a house, features images of tools and construction.

*Excerpted from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.

Stan Dann was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1931 and died in 2013.  Dann studied at the Faulkner Smith Academy of Fine Art, Vancouver, and received a B.A. from the Arts Center College, Los Angeles, in 1957.  Primarily working in California, he completed several public commissions in the United States, and his work is included in many corporate collections.  The artist created constructions composed of carved and painted wood elements in high relief juxtaposed against a flat background.  Dann combined geometric and organic shapes based on ordinary objects such as tools and appliances in his dynamic compositions, which are further energized by the expressionistic brushwork applied to the surfaces.

*Excerpted from Tools as Art: the Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.

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