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Dave McDermott

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The Italian combo: my 348TB and my first Ferrari book. The baby-Testarossa and the Pininfarina side strakes, pop-up headlights, no power steering, a screaming 3.4L V8, dog-leg gated shifter and the last truly analog V8 overseen by Enzo Ferrari himself. What’s not to like about the 348? Future classic? Also in this reel: my very first Ferrari book. Dust, leather, chrome and some horses. 320 pages of analog photographs. No polish no posing. Pure attitude. Limited to 308 copies.
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Prancing Horses My very first #ferrari coffee table book. Edition of 308 copies only. Almost sold out. Down to less than 15 copies!! Link in bio.
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how much @davemcdus is too much Dave McDermott? I think I’ve only ever printed this twice, each time in black and white. Dave and I were shooting together for SIGHT magazine at the time, and he had a specific image of Steve McQueen in mind that he wanted to try to recreate. The reference image of McQueen is much closer to the car cabin, and a bit more top down vs side profile, but I’ve always loved how our shot turned out. I actually think it’s probably a better color photograph than it is in monochrome. 24MP on a camera is low by today’s standards but the beauty of that pixel count is that you get these gorgeous brush-like strokes in areas of movement. Older ain’t always necessarily better, but there’s an aura that can be achieved sometimes that is really tough to replicate on modern equipment. Love the one you’re with. Word up 🤙🏼
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it’s an exciting time of the year where I get to think about piece selection again for the upcoming show in Palm Springs in a few months, so I figured I’d use it as an excuse to share some past show work. I find it funny sometimes that despite my understanding of photography accelerating in many ways, and my equipment auspiciously “upgrading” from what I used to shoot on, some of my favorite shots are still those I took when I was just starting out and had very little idea of what I was doing. this frame of Dave McDermott somewhere up the PCH on a frigid December morning has hung above my office desk at home for the last four years, and I’m not sure it’ll ever come down. It is as much a specific memory as it is a feeling. Almost a bit of a prayer, with the low winter sun rising to the south, car windows down, the frigid Pacific off the western cliffs, Dave’s silhouette a resolute part of all of it. I love so many details - the warp of horizon on the driver side rear window, the glint of light off the wheel. The fact that nothing is straight. I love that this was taken on an old Fuji camera with a stock lens and crappy megapixel output. Word up 🤙🏼
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Sundays are for cars.
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Wishing Dave McDermott a happy birthday! Dave McDermott’s work surveys the tropes we have inherited throughout our collective history and translates them into an expansive language of his own making. There are echoes of both Classicism and Dada in McDermott’s work, an assertion that there is ultimately no hierarchical difference between the sublime and the absurd. Images: Dave McDermott ‘xxx’ 2013 Jute, linen, oil, sanding disk, oiled zebrawood, yarn on panel 63.5 x 35.3 cm | 25 x 13 7/8 in Collection Museum Voorlinden Dave McDermott ‘Lehnt’ 2013 Jute, linen, canvas, oil, yarn, oiled nogal walnut wood on panel 63.5 x 35.3 cm | 25 x 13 7/8 in Collection Museum Voorlinden Dave McDermott ‘Portrait’ 2013 Jute, linen, canvas, oil, nitrocellulose lacquer, yarn on panel 63.5 x 35.3 cm | 25 x 13 7/8 in Collection Museum Voorlinden Dave McDermott ‘Portrait of an Actor’ 2013 Jute, linen, canvas, oil, marine varnish, nitrocellulose lacquer, yarn on panel 63.5 x 35.3 cm | 25 x 13 7/8 in Collection Museum Voorlinden #davemcdermott #museumvoorlinden @museumvoorlinden #grimmgallery
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@macchinissima III.
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The interaction of incongruous materials on his canvases is paramount to Dave McDermott’s work. Fragmented perspectives, obscured by fluctuating vantage points and jigsaw-like arrangements, shift and roil on the canvas. Intricate yarn patterns, gold leaf, plaster, and expressive brushwork create differentiation between themes, and this commingling of materials imparts the unbound characters and forms with a sense of individual elegance. Images: Dave McDermott top left: ‘Milk and Honey (Ami des animaux)’ top right: ‘Disappearer (The Bonneville Ghost)’ bottom left: ‘The Sea and Her Pleasures’ bottom right: ‘Notturno O Mattutino’ 2024 Pigment stick, oil paint, and 23k gold on panel 144.8 x 121.9 cm | 57 x 48 in (each) Progress image of ’The Sea and Her Pleasures’ by the artist ‘The Sea and Her Pleasures’, 2024 #davemcdermott #grimmgallery
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This week on Paré Paré, Trevor welcomes back the founder and designer of STANDARD H, Wesley Smith.  STANDARD H is an automotive inspired brand of apparel and accessories which has garnered popularity among watch watch collectors. Together they discuss the current debate about whether the Monaco GP is still a viable race for F1, and they review the historical context of the race. They also talk about Wesley’s recent watch travel case collaboration with Molequin, and their upcoming taupe rally strap. Wesley also details the highlight from his recent trip to the Goodwood Members’ Meeting and a big update in his personal life.
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SIGHT No. 005 TRANSPORT INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY VERSION OF LIFE - The 912 that art bought My name is Dave McDermott. I’m an artist based in Los Angeles, having just moved back here after living in New York City for 16 years. I was raised primarily in Northern California, in Santa Cruz, a small beach city. Growing up in California, I was surrounded by car culture from an early age. I found myself very drawn to European cars. The design, romance, race history, etc., was all very alluring to me. At some point as a kid, my Dad got into European cars as well – Jaguar, Ferrari, Triumph, and Porsche (a 928). I was lucky enough to be allowed to drive those as a teenager, and my love of cars was forever burned into my soul. I got away from cars for years as I developed my career as an artist (and NYC is specifically not car friendly), but in recent years, my passion for cars came rushing back, and I’ve been lucky enough to get a couple of cars that are very meaningful to me. 📸 @b.g.mckay Text @davemcdus Design @oliverklobes #sight #print #porsche
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This week on Paré Paré, Trevor talks with artist, car enthusiast, and watch collector, Dave McDermott. Together they discuss Dave’s career as an artist, including the highs and lows of selling art and what it takes to survive. Dave details the watches that he’s acquired through the years that resonate with him and what about watch collecting keeps him fascinated in the hobby. They also discuss the Ferrari 365 Daytona from Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye and how Dave acquired his Ferrari Mondial QV.
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