July 1986: David goes to Europe to make history paintings for his solo show at Anna Friebe in Cologne, Germany. This is when he paints ‘History Keeps Me Awake at Night.”
History Keeps Me Awake At Night (For Rilo Chmielorz), 1986. Mixed media, 72 x 84 in.
The Newspaper as National Voodoo: A Brief History of the U.S.A., 1986. Acrylic, spray paint, and collage on wood, 67 1/2 x 79 5/16 in.
Crash: The Birth of Language / the Invention of Lies , 1986. Acrylic on Masonite, 72 x 96 in.
Late Afternoon in the Forest, 1986. Acrylic, spray paint and collage on muslin , 79 5/16 x 158 3/4 in.