David Correa American, b. 1999

Works
  • Arrowhead II
    Arrowhead II
  • Equis Brake Pads
    Equis Brake Pads
  • For God and Country
    For God and Country
  • Thanatos
    Thanatos
  • The passing of Thích Quảng Đức
    The passing of Thích Quảng Đức
  • They know not where I hail from for I was here before God
    They know not where I hail from for I was here before God
  • Castle Bravo
    Castle Bravo
  • Fatman study 01
    Fatman study 01
  • Hyperdeath I
    Hyperdeath I
  • Hyperdeath Study 01
    Hyperdeath Study 01
  • Hyperdeath Study 02
    Hyperdeath Study 02
  • Hyperdeath Study 03
    Hyperdeath Study 03
  • I Venture with boldness and love, scaling mountains in your name
    I Venture with boldness and love, scaling mountains in your name
  • Left Wing of Fission/Right Wing of Fusion
    Left Wing of Fission/Right Wing of Fusion
  • Little Boy and Bluegill Prime
    Little Boy and Bluegill Prime
  • Nuclear Study 02
    Nuclear Study 02
  • Oblivion
    Oblivion
  • Portrait of the Fuel Bladder
    Portrait of the Fuel Bladder
  • The Bomb and the Cowboy
    The Bomb and the Cowboy
  • Transmission Valve Body and Housing Chamber
    Transmission Valve Body and Housing Chamber
  • Trinity study
    Trinity study
  • Death Catalyst Gloves, ca
    Death Catalyst Gloves, ca
  • Death Catalyst Tyvek Suit, Fuel Bladder Tyvek Suit, The Fool’s Tyvek Suit
    Death Catalyst Tyvek Suit, Fuel Bladder Tyvek Suit, The Fool’s Tyvek Suit
  • Death in Dade 6 -Still 1
    Death in Dade 6 -Still 1
  • Death Veil 01
    Death Veil 01
  • Nuclear Study 01
    Nuclear Study 01
  • Obliteration
    Obliteration
  • The Floor Scrapers
    The Floor Scrapers
  • The Machining of the Fool - still 1
    The Machining of the Fool - still 1
  • The Machining of the Fool- Framed Still,
    The Machining of the Fool- Framed Still,
  • Vestigial Limb V4 and Feeding Tanks
    Vestigial Limb V4 and Feeding Tanks
  • Vestigial Limb V5
    Vestigial Limb V5
  • Weeping A Petroleum Lubricant - Framed Still
    Weeping A Petroleum Lubricant - Framed Still
  • Weeping a Petroleum Lubricant - portrait 2
    Weeping a Petroleum Lubricant - portrait 2
Biography
David Correa
Through performance, film, poetry, objects, and imagery, David Correa’s (b. 1999, Miami, FL) multi-faceted art practice paints surreal and elaborate narratives exploring and satirizing modern man’s existential relationship to the tool and the self.
Contextualized through collective aspects of Latin American situationism, Correa further informs these narratives by referencing political theory, mythology, art history, and philosophy, creating networks of ideologies which depict the Latin laborer as an absurdist figure. Through these systems of thought, Correa grounds the internal combustion engine as a focal point within his work. Industrialization has blurred the lines between operator and tool, and consequently, task and purpose. While actively exploring these relationships through his time-based work, Correa’s presentation of ephemera as sculpture furthers this investigation by humanizing and memorializing the tool. The equipment and garments utilized in Correa’s performances are presented as relics. Glass, steel, aluminum, plastics, and found objects become framing tools encasing and immortalizing the soiled garment, the wear of a machine, or the portrait of the laborer. Through this questioning of hierarchies, death and non-functionality become interchangeable.
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