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David Dufault paints what you think is the familiar-pastoral landscapes, a McDonald's® cheeseburger, Jesus-with provocative intent. A landscape harbors an abstract flag; another landscape is painted on the face of a dollar bill; the price of an everyday object is boldly stated above it, making you consider its value, especially in comparison to other familiar objects.

The Chicago Transit Authority series is an exploration of how a small change in a word or letters can recontextualize otherwise expected results. Dufault recreates the stop names with the same font and color of the original CTA stops with slight modifications to change them into food names. He limits himself by regulating the 'rules'; only a maximum of two letters can be changed or by adding a word.

In his PricePainting series, Dufault explores the dialogue that exists between the object, the price, and the value the price gives them. Purchasing a pet goldfish for 13 cents launched Dufault's reflection on how consumers choose what is fairly priced. You can purchase a living entity for a mere 13 cents, the same price as a package of KoolAid®, and considerably less than a painting by serial killer John Wayne Gacy: $700. A painting of that mind-etched image of a jumbo jet crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11 brazenly puts a price on the disaster: $54 billion. A Burberry® scarf: $202.

The preceding series, DollarVision, consists of landscapes painted on money. Because he imagined the dollar's border as looking like a frame around a stage or a window, Dufault said he wondered how it would look with a landscape inside of the frame, implying the worth of the land is at issue. The concept of worth, value, and price is probed in this series, about 30 paintings in all, and naturally led to PricePainting.

Dufault's FlagVision series, which lasted nearly three years, was hatched from a dream of office lights and streaks of red car taillights reflecting in the rain, conjuring up the image of the stars and stripes on the American flag. Dufault envisioned and then created the abstract flag pattern over and over within such images as rows of crops with criss-crossing sprinklers, shadows on snow, and beams of light through a window. (top) - Jennifer Whipple 2005

 

Exhibitions (top)

2007 ARC Gallery , 4 Person Show, Opening Reception February 3, 6-9pm, Chicago IL

2006 Truman State University, 16th Annual National Art Competition, 7 Person Show, Kirksville, MO

2005 Mt. Scott Art Center, Beauty Revisited, Group Exhibition, Portland, OR

2005 Urban Wine Works Gallery, First Thursday Artist, Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR

2005 Voila, Visitng Artists, 2 Person Exhibition, Portland, OR

2004 Dreambox Foto Gallery, Art Expo Show 2004, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2004 Quimby's, The Crappy Show, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2003 The Beverly Art Center, 27th annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition, Juried Exhibition, Beverly, IL

2003 Custom Surfaces Gallery, The Altered Image: Digital Photography in the Midwest, Juried Exhibition, West Branch, IA

2003 Verses, Volumes and Vision: Art and the Written Word, Northbrook Public Library, Juried Exhibition, Northbrook IL

2003 Secret Postcards Show, The University of Arts Printmaking Gallery, Group Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Judith Racht Gallery/Schopf Gallery, The Chicago Solution Show, Group Exhibition, Juried by Ed Paschke, Chicago, IL

2002 The Levantine Cultural Center, 9/11 Tribute, Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2002 9/11 Tribute Archive, National Creative Competition, Group Exhibition, New York, NY

2002 Deloitte Consulting, The Artist Within, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2002 The Museum of the City of New York, Project September 11, New York, NY

2002 TheARTproject Artists Respond to Terrorism, www.theartproject.net

2001 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 4 Corners of the World, Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2001 Hotti Biscotti, Group Exhibition, Chicago IL

2001 Nicolet College, Northern National Art Competition, Group Exhibition, Juried by Ed Paschke, Rhinelander, WI

2001 1828 Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2001 Deloitte Consulting, The Artist Within, Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2000 The Period Gallery, Miniature Show III, Juried Exhibition, Omaha, NE

1999 National College of Chiropractic, Silhouettes, Juried Exhibition, Lombard, IL

1999 The Wings Gallery at The College of DuPage, Recent Alumni Exhibition, 2 person show, Glen Ellen, IL

1998 Forest Park National Bank Gallery, Currency Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Forest Park, IL

1997 Aron Packer Gallery, The Stamp and Coin Show, Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1997 Blue Parrot Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Riverside, IL

1997 The School of the Art Institute of of Chicago, BFA Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1997 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The White Trash Show, Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL

1995 The College of DuPage Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Glen Ellyn, IL

1994 California State University, Sacramento, Student Purchase Awards Show, Juried Exhibition, Sacramento, CA

1993 California State University, Sacramento, Peyser Prize Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Sacramento, CA