David Cook (artist)
{{Short description|American painter/sculptor/installation artist}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = David Cook
| birth_name = David Wayne Cook
| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
| field = Painting, Sculpture, Installations
| movement = Found Object
}}
David Wayne Cook is an American painter, sculptor and installation artist working primarily with found objects. He has also coauthored a book, Lemonade for the Lawnboy, that later became a play.{{Cite web|last=Townsend|first=John|date=June 23, 2015|title=A Kooky and Classy Look at Healing and Friendship - "Lemonade for the Lawnboy" on stage at Minnetonka Theatre {{!}} Lavender Magazine|url=https://lavendermagazine.com/our-scene/a-kooky-and-classy-look-at-healing-and-friendship-lemonade-for-the-lawnboy-on-stage-at-minnetonka-theatre/|access-date=November 29, 2021|language=en-US}} Cook works primarily with found objects - tar, litter, rebar, cement, scrap metal and wire, light fixtures, plaster, shredded tires, mufflers, vines - and occasionally vegetation. He has a warm relationship with Duck Tape because of his use of their product in his flower bombing.{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2014|title=LOCAL NEWS: Duck Tape® "Flower Bomber" Strikes Again|url=https://praisecleveland.com/1910260/local-news-duck-tape-flower-bomber-strikes-again/|access-date=November 29, 2021|website=Praise Cleveland|language=en-US}} He often paints to music, once on public display,{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/1670220040/posts/10216141706529975/ |title=Music and Art Collaboration at Hastings Art Center|website=Facebook }}Wikipedia:SPS{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2021|reason=facebook is user-generated content}} and has a series of paintings based on music.
Career
In 1998 David became the featured artist at “Around the Coyote”, a well-known art festival/competition in Chicago.{{cite press release |last=Holcomb |first=Jim |date=1998-07-20 |title=ATC Selects Artwork for September Festival |url= |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Around The Coyote Arts Festival |agency= }}{{cite news |author= no by-line. |date=Fall 1998 |title=Chicago Life |url= |work=Explore |location=Chicago, IL}} His work was included in the curator's choice in that competition.{{cite news |author=Staff writer(s) |date=September 1998 |title=A Howling Success |work=Chicago Where Magazine }}
Around that time, his work was displayed in several galleries in Illinois, including Yello Gallery{{cite news |author=G. Jurek Polanski |date= |title=David Cook: Figurative Sculptures Ongoing Exhibition |url= |work=ArtScope.net |location=Chicago, IL }}
{{cite news |last=Freedle |first=Regina |date=October 1997 |title=Fits of Ecstasy and Discontent |work=F NewsMagazine }} and Dramaticus Fine Art Gallery{{cite news |last=Orrick |first=Dave |date=1999-02-18 |title=Chicago Skyline |url= |work=Society Women BEWARE! |location=Chicago, IL }}
In addition to painting and sculpture, Cook is known for flower bombing, planting tall flowers constructed from wood, paint and Duck Tape without notification or publicity.{{Cite web|last=Lien|first=Andy|date=May 16, 2013|title=An Interview with David W. Cook: Artist, Flower Bomber, Inspiration {{!}} Lavender Magazine|url=https://lavendermagazine.com/our-scene/an-interview-with-david-w-cook-artist-flower-bomber-inspiration/|access-date=November 29, 2021|language=en-US}} He plants the flowers in places where they will bring unexpected joy to passersby, including hospitals and nursing homes.
Cook's art can be seen in a Minneapolis restaurant called Hell's Kitchen and Rosenthal Contemporary Interiors.{{cite web |url=https://artfulliving.com/art-escape-rosenthal-interiors/ |title=Escape Into Art at Rosenthal Interiors|date=April 24, 2019 }}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2021|reason=SPONSORED}} He did a mural at Theater Latté Da.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/theaterlatteda/posts/were-excited-to-share-that-artist-david-cook-was-here-this-past-week-and-has-com/10156494297005668/ |title=David Cook at Theater Latte Da|website=Facebook }}Wikipedia:SPS{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2021|reason=Wikipedia:RSPFB Facebook is considered generally unreliable because it is a self-published source with no editorial oversight.}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.lawnboymusical.com/ Lemonade for the Lawnboy Musical Site]
- [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2873962-lemonade-for-the-lawnboy Lemonade for the Lawnboy Book]
- [https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/04/26/finding-minnesota-the-flower-bomber/ Flowerbombing in Minneapolis]
- [https://www.sctimes.com/story/life/2014/08/07/arts-sake/13743563/ Flowerbombing in Saint Cloud]
- [https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/videos/life/2018/02/02/smiles-bloom-flower-bomber-hits-beach/110039792/ Flowerbombing in Cocoa Beach 2018]
- [https://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/local/2017/02/01/'flower-bomber'-visits-cocoa-beach/97360538/ Flowerbombing in Cocoa Beach 2017]
- [https://unionmpls.com/flower-bomber-union-rooftop/ Flowerbombing on the UNION Rooftop]
- [https://loti.org/event/mothers-day-and-flower-bombing/ Flowerbombing on Mother's Day]
- [https://www.startribune.com/hastings-artist-runs-on-flower-power/249141751/ Star Tribune on Flowerbombing]
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Category:American abstract painters
Category:21st-century American painters
Category:American male painters
Category:Painters from Minnesota
Category:Painters from Indiana
Category:Artists from Minneapolis