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Karon Davis (née Karon Vereen; born 1977), is an American visual artist, and a founder of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles. She is known as a sculptor and an installation artist touching on issues of race and identity in America through representations of the human body.
Mar 31, 2021 · Karon Davis in her Los Angeles studio among new sculptures she calls “Double Dutch Girls.”. She is establishing her own professional identity after years of being associated with her artist ...
26K Followers, 3,355 Following, 1,863 Posts - Karon (@karondavis) on Instagram: "Artist / Co-Founder of The Underground Museum."
Nov 17, 2023 · In “Beauty Must Suffer” at Salon 94, the sculptor and installation artist Karon Davis focuses on the realities that dancers, and especially Black dancers, face in the world of ballet.
Oct 16, 2023 · Artist Karon Davis Captures the Beauty, Pain, and Conformity of Ballet in an Ambitious New Exhibition. The daughter of two dancers, Davis resolved to complete the long-gestating project after her mother died in 2019. October 16, 2023.
Mar 15, 2021 · The installation by Karon Davis at Jeffrey Deitch in New York revolves around an image of Seale bound and gagged while on trial in Chicago.
Apr 7, 2021 · How Karon Davis Creates Unseen Images of Black Americans. The Underground Museum co-founder and widow of artist Noah Davis rekindles her creative practice with a solo show at Jeffrey Deitch that restages the Chicago 8 trial. BY RYAN WADDOUPS April 07, 2021.
Dec 23, 2022 · Karon Davis Biography. The multimedia work of Los Angeles–based artist Karon Davis merges sculpture and theater in arresting tableaux that address such urgent issues as healthcare inequity, gun violence, systemic racism, and climate change.
Karon Davis (b. 1977, Reno, Nevada) creates sculptures and multimedia installations that touch on issues of history, race, and violence in the United States, using materials as varied as plaster strips, chicken wire, glass, and readymade objects.
Jan 9, 2023 · She’s mostly known for breathtaking sculptures of people acting out historical or imagined scenes. In her 2019 installation Game, she placed antlers on the heads of students and a principal of a fictional school, commentating on school gun violence.
