Life in the Fast Lane: The Art of David Delong

Octo­ber 2, 2012-April 14, 2013

Over the course of five decades Amer­i­can Real­ist David Delong (1930 – 2001) pro­duced a body of work remark­able for its breadth, vari­ety and dex­ter­ity. An avid motor­cy­cle racer, Delong con­sid­ered these machines to be the per­fect metaphor for life and art, explain­ing that each requires a high level of con­trol and dis­ci­pline. The orig­i­nal works on dis­play will focus on the cul­ture of motor­cy­cle rac­ing and include paint­ings, pen and ink draw­ings and etch­ings from the late 1950s to 2001. The col­lec­tion will be on loan from David Delong’s widow Har­ri­ett Delong.