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DAVID BUCKINGHAM David Buckingham's art (www.
buckinghamstudio.com) bubbles with the provocative nature of pop culture's seminal moments. T e artist's metal- work—in which he brings to life some of the most famous phrases from fi lm and music history and provides his own interpretation of the weapons used by assassins—presents an undeniable vi- brancy while simultaneously managing to speak volumes about our society. By Buckingham's own admission,
the sustainable elements of his work manifested as a result of practicality. "I never intended to work with found metal," he says. "It was a fl uke. Driv- ing around in the desert, seeing all this old battered metal; it just cried out for someone to do something with it. And
it suits [my] ideology as well. I've been through the wringer in my life, and I look for materials that have been, too; something with a past life, a story to tell. You can't fake the kinds of patinas I fi nd." Buckingham's materials start mostly
as metal scraps found across the Cali- fornia deserts. In fact, he's come to be on a fi rst-name basis with scrap yards throughout California and Arizona and
David Buckingham's Dan White III, made of cut and welded found metal
"I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WRINGER IN MY LIFE, AND I LOOK FOR MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN, TOO."
Cassandra Tondro's Tulips 1, made of repurposed acrylic latex paint on canvas 47
