Meliksetian | Briggs

Meliksetian | Briggs is pleased to present I Drive Thee, an exhibition of new paintings by Dallas-based artist David-Jeremiah and his first West Coast solo show. A conceptual artist, who works in the media of painting, sculpture, installation, and performance, David-Jeremiah has recently been making bodies of work in series of three, each comprised of seven works. This exhibition is the third set of seven tondos in the series entitled, I Drive Thee. Using a rich constellation of metaphors, symbols and allusions concieved by the artist, the works examine the themes of ritual, consumption and entertainment, and specifically the notion of Glory in relation to black masculinity.

David-Jeremiah has had a passion for the famed Lamborghini sports car since he was a child finding an aesthetic and almost spiritual connection to the legendary supercar. The formidable vehicle became a conceptual point of reference in several earlier bodies of work, such as I.A.H.Y.F.F.A.W.D. / N.F.D.B.J.W.B.D. 2020 and Hood N*ggas Camping 2020-21, where the artist carved out abstracted shapes of a Lamborghini hood on a wood panel as the support for his paintings.