David Lynch at PAFA

One of PAFA’s own comes home in their new exhibit, The Unified Field.  In 1967 as an advanced painting student at PAFA, David Lynch made a hybrid work of art that brought together painting, sculpture, sound, film, and installation. Six Men Getting Sick (1967) expanded Lynch’s practice and opened him up to the possibilities of filmmaking. He went on to become internationally renowned as a film director (Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet) but never stopped working as a visual artist. The Unified Field is Lynch’s first major museum exhibition in the United States, organized in close collaboration with the artist. It will bring together approximately 90 paintings and drawings from 1965 to present. Part of the exhibition explores Lynch’s early work, much of which has never been displayed in public.

Here are a few more works you’ll see on display:

This is I Burn Pinecone and Throw in Your House.  (Pretty self explanatory.)  The three little glowing light bulbs are my favorite part—that, and the little pinecone on the branch growing from the stump.

So there’s less arson on the Feld by Giesswein, but there’s still pinecones!  And they’re just so cute for the holiday season with the snowflake, and the little patch of snow on the branch, that I couldn’t resist.  They’re made of boiled wool, with a latex rubber sole.  Yours for $83 from Dodd’s Shoe Company.

Speaking of the holidays, this one is called All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.  No Christmas joy here, though, I’m afraid.

But plenty of teeth on the Loose Tooth by Iron Fist!  Though there is a missing one, which makes this extra appropriate.  Can I also say how much I love the green on the inside of this?  Perfect.  Yours for $50 from Heels.com. 

The Unified Field runs through January 11.  Go celebrate this local artist!