David Merritt

aintgonna, 2005 Graphite on paper, 21 x 30"	aintgonna (detail), 2005 Graphite on paper, 21 x 30"	Is (a-z), 2005 Graphite on paper, 30 x 21"
Sisal sculpture, 2005 Installation view	Untitled (Gary) 2007 detail graphite on paper 52” x 84”(132 x 213.5 cm) From: David Merritt	installation view Untitled sisal sculpture, 2005 From: David Merritt
Untitled (love) 2005 Graphite on paper 22.5 x 30 inches (57 x 76.5 cm) From: David Merritt	youare, 2006 detail Graphite and watercolour From: David Merritt	Untitled (ain't/gonna), 2005 detail Graphite and watercolour on paper 22.5 x 30 inches (56 x 76 cm) From: David Merritt

David Merritt's drawing and installation-based projects reflect patterns and systems of order found in nature. Organic patterns derived from debris, drift lines, and swirls of leaves provide the basis for large-scale installations and drawing pieces that address language, archival and museological systems of display and organization. Uniting these works is a sense of fragility, whether in the meticulous, interweaving lines of his drawings or his sculptures constructed with floating strands of unraveled sisal rope. Merritt's recent drawings reflect his knowledge and love of popular music. In these works, he links songs from the charts through repeated words and phrases. This process involves deploying a de-systematized inventory of popular 20th Century song titles and visually recharting their order along new thematic lines.

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David Merritt