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News

Website Updates.

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I will be working hard over the next few weeks to fully update this website. Please be patient while doing so. Updating includes a more managable way to purchase artworks from this site. My intentions are: Managability, regular maitenance, with a focus on print and works on paper inventories. 

Thank you ALL!

Sincerely,

The Artist  

TWONISM II

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Damon’s second book, Twonism II, is currently in production with a 2019 release date. Following up his first book on Twonism, he is to have the second completed by summer of 2019. Timothy Johnson is editing the book with Alex Krivanek helping with its designing. Damon has to date released two books including those of Twonism the first book and The Correspondence of Color, a book about color. 

TWONISM (Thoughts, Essays, and Poems on Life and Art) A book by: Damon Freed

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Damon’s self-published book on his personal philosophy, Twonism, can be ordered from lulu.com. Fifty images illustrate the much awated chapters along with a full explanation of Twonism and its couterparts following in the forms of brief thoughts, essays, and poems. This book will provide readers and viewers with a thorough exploration of Freed’s work and thoughts on his dicipline of painting and life.

Late Summer Exhibit @ Sager and Braudis Gallery

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Hello All,

I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming display of the Inner Chapters, a suite of paintings and drawings that were started in New York in 2005 that are reaching their completion now. Please join us for this exciting exhibition of large scale paintings and small drawings at the Sager and Braudis gallery in Columbia, MO. 1025 East Walnut Street, 65201. Thank you! Opening reception is August 5th from 6-9pm. The show will run through September. 

Four Point Perspective

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I’m happy to announce my first museum show at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri! The exhibition opens on September 27th, 2014 and runs until December 16th, 2014. The show will feature works by State Fair Community College’s art faculty including Paul Allen, Donny Luper, Shon Southers and Damon Freed. It is bound to be a show of diverse applications ranging from large scale sculpture, prints, and oil paintings, to acrylic and flashe on canvas. Please come show your support and enjoy a fun filled viewing experience!

Damon Freed’s Third Solo Exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery in Saint Louis

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Dear Viewers,

Opening October 19th, 2012 and extending through November 24th, 2012 is Damon Freeds third solo show with the Bruno David Gallery in Saint Louis. The show, entitled, En Plein Air, will feature seventeen of Damon’s charcoal landscape drawings created during the summer months of Missouri. Please stop by and take a look!

See you there!

Damon Freed’s Second Solo Exhibition at the Bruno David Gallery in Saint Louis

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Dear Viewers,

Currently on exhibit at the Bruno David Gallery in Saint Louis is Damon Freed’s second solo show with the gallery entitled, Life Saver. The show extends until January 20th, 2012.

Happy Holidays!

Website Update

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Hi all,

I hope to soon update the writings section of the website, meanwhile, I have updated the paintings section with new paintings from 2010-Present. No shows yet on the horizon, but I will keep you informed.

Do take care, and I hope all is well.

Damon

Website Update

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I have added a new studio note titled ‘Leader’ to the writings section of the website.

Thank you,

Damon

Website Updates!

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Hi everyone! I have added three new poems titled, “There and Back Again, for Tenelle”, “Meat Eater, for Jeff Porter” and “I.E.B.S., for Miss Porter”.

Also, I have added four new studio notes titled, “The Cure”, “Life and Art”,Teaching Philosophy”, and “Not that Date, for Stuart Krimko” to the writings section of the website.

Thank you 

Website Additions

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Please check the publications section of the website for recently updated essays, articles, catalogs and reviews.

The March 2009 exhibition, Damon Freed: Calm, Cool, Coherent, at the Bruno David Gallery was accompanied by a 57 page exhibition catalog and brief video interview with the artist. You may find the catalog and watch the video in the publications section of the website.

Thank you

Website Addition: New Poem

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Hi everybody! I just added a new poem titled Four Haikus to the writings section of the website.

Enjoy and thank you,
Damon

Website Addition: New studio note

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Hi! I just added one new studio note titled A Victory: Addendum. You may find it under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

Thanks,
Damon

Website Addition: New studio note

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Hi! I just included a new studio note titled Poem versus Novel to the website. You may find the writing under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

Thank you,
Damon

Website Additions: Two new poems and studio notes

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Hi. I have just added two new poems and studio notes to the website. You may find Two Lights and I Once was Lost under poems in the writings section of the website. You may find Order of Perception and Romanticist/Classicist under studio notes also in the writings section of the website.

Thank you,

Damon

Website Addition: New painting, poem and studio note

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Hi. I just added one new painting titled Missouri Spring for Claude Debussy, one new poem titled Woman, and one new studio note titled Fear. You may find the painting under the paintings section of the website and the poem and studio note may be found under the writings section of the website.

Thank you,
Damon

Website Addition!

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I just added a new studio note. You may find Color: Nature Versus Culture under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

Thank you,
Damon

Website Addition!

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I have added one new studio note to the website. You may find Small Steps under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

Website Additions!

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I have added two new paintings to the paintings section of the website. The paintings are Winter Song and River. Enjoy!

Gallery Selections: Small Scale Works

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I have been included in a group show, Gallery Selections: Small Scale Works, at Tobey Fine Arts set to open on Wednesday, January 14th through March 8th. Stop by if you get the chance!

Tobey Fine Arts
580 Broadway
Suite 902
New York, New York 10012 USA
Tel: (212) 431-7878
http://www.artnet.com/gallery/140739/tobey-fine-arts.html

Tobey Fine Arts is proud to present Gallery Selection: Small Scale Works including artist, John Aslanidis, Shinsuke Aso, Richard Bell, Susann Brännström, Christopher Dean, Damon Freed, Peter Köhler, Karen Schifano and Lorraine Williams.

Continuing the gallery’s commitment to abstraction, this small scale show gives us an opportunity to present many diverse approaches from a group of international artists dedicated to the belief in abstraction as a visual language. These nine artists combine various elements such as conceptual art, post-painterly abstraction, reductive strategies, mysticism and cultural commentary in a visually and intellectually provocative collection of paintings.
Thank you,
Damon

Three New Studio Notes!

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I have added three new studio notes to the website. They are titled Calm, Cool, CoherentPainting in Two-Dimensions and Shape. You may find them under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

Thank you. 

New Studio Note: Acrylic Painting

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I have added a new studio note titled Acrylic Painting. You may find it under studio notes in the writings section of the website.

New Studio Note.

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I have added a new studio note titled Art Moves in Circles. You may find it under studio notes in the writings section.

Solo Exhibition-Damon Freed:New Paintings

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Dear friends,
My first solo show, Damon Freed: New Paintings, is set to open in March of 2009! The details of the exhibition are as follows. It’s open to everyone. Put on your party pants.    

Dates:
March 6th – April 4th 2009
Opening Reception – March 6th from 6-9pm

Location:
Bruno David Gallery
3721 Washington Blvd. (in Grand Center)
Saint Louis, MO 63108

New Additions!

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I just added a new studio note titled A Note on Graduate School, four new paintings titled July Sky-Final Version, Damson Plum-Final Version, Cracked Vessel and Home and made some adjustments to the order of paintings as you scroll through the paintings page. I also changed the writings and paintings featured on the home page, finally! Sorry, I’m not too savvy at this website stuff. Check it out!