Fluorescent Green Cleat, 2009

Even if you don’t get the chance to see this show you should check out the artist and his work.Tim Davis spent time in Rome after earning a fellowship there in 2008. It was during this time that he came up with the concept for the series, “The New Antiquity.” When in Rome one is hard pressed to find a visitor not taking photos of all of the glorious ruins of the Roman Empire. Davis, however, chose to focus his attentions on ruins of a different kind. Modern day ruins included a tennis shoe deposited in a leafy green mass, a neon sign from a hotel shining like a beacon to visitors, a fresco covered in graffiti long since forgotten, and my favorite–a photo of multiple digital cameras strewn on the ground with images of the colosseum on their screens.

Colosseum Pictures, 2009

The Rome series was so successful that Davis chose to investigate similar scenes from China and the eastern coast of the United States. His work is whimsical but thoughtful and provocative. Davis received his MFA from Yale and he lives and works in NY. Check out his website for more information: www.davistim.com

Motel Boomerang, 2009