{"id":596,"date":"2007-04-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/david-hevel\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T12:19:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:19:05","slug":"david-hevel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hevel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED Spark - David Hevel\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uX-xB2foxsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;I think the work overall is about our obsession with kind of gluttony and self-indulgence.&#8221;<cite>&#8212; David Hevel<\/cite><\/aside>\n<p>Growing up in Missouri, <b>David Hevel<\/b> was influenced by the inevitable and distinctly American force-feeding of pop icons and television culture. Hevel worked in film\/video performance, commercial illustration and painting, eventually finding his niche in sculpture. Using unique materials, Hevel creates fantastical images of animals that represent such American celebrities as supermodel Tyra Banks and pop idol Justin Timberlake. <\/p>\n<p><b>Spark<\/b> chats with Hevel at Heather Marx Gallery as he dismantles his solo show, &#8220;Fierce,&#8221; and prepares for his next exhibit, &#8220;Diva Hound Smack-Down at the Grammys,&#8221; in Kansas City. <\/p>\n<p>Hevel&#8217;s unique form of art began when he became inexplicably infatuated with stockpiling plastic fruit. Now, years later, he has found a way to channel his infatuation by developing a complex mixed-media operation that relies heavily on glitter, hot glue and his plethora of obsessively collected kitsch &#8212; including sparkling beads and butterflies, silk flowers, oversized rhinestones, and faux fur &#8212; to embellish Styrofoam forms used by taxidermists. His work teeters precariously between grotesque and gorgeous, providing a humorous narrative that addresses the nature of Americans&#8217; excessive consumption of celebrity gossip. <\/p>\n<p>David Hevel is based in Oakland, and his work has been exhibited internationally. He earned a B.F.A. from Central Missouri State University, an M.Ed. from the University of Missouri and an M.F.A. from California College of the Arts.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"educator-quide\">Array<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"resource-links\">Resources<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Array<\/li>\n<li>Array<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get fierce with sculptor David Hevel and his outrageous animal creations inspired by pop icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8667,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-arts","post_format-post-format-aside"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Hevel - Spark<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Hevel - Spark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get fierce with sculptor David Hevel and his outrageous animal creations inspired by pop icons.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-04-11T17:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-19T20:19:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/06\/davidhevel-headshot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Spark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Spark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/\",\"name\":\"David Hevel - Spark\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-11T17:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-19T20:19:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/c8a077aa5a6cec98372d4540271a7f60\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"David Hevel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/\",\"name\":\"Spark\",\"description\":\"KQED Public Media for Northern CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/c8a077aa5a6cec98372d4540271a7f60\",\"name\":\"Spark\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/065f0194db417d9efd19ea1fd5ee9465\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2aa253bcfca57ec1c22ca2a2e691849c?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2aa253bcfca57ec1c22ca2a2e691849c?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Spark\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/author\/spark\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Hevel - Spark","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Hevel - Spark","og_description":"Get fierce with sculptor David Hevel and his outrageous animal creations inspired by pop icons.","og_url":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/","og_site_name":"Spark","article_published_time":"2007-04-11T17:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-01-19T20:19:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/06\/davidhevel-headshot.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Spark","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Spark","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/","url":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/","name":"David Hevel - Spark","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-04-11T17:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-19T20:19:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/c8a077aa5a6cec98372d4540271a7f60"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/david-hevel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Hevel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/","name":"Spark","description":"KQED Public Media for Northern CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/c8a077aa5a6cec98372d4540271a7f60","name":"Spark","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/065f0194db417d9efd19ea1fd5ee9465","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2aa253bcfca57ec1c22ca2a2e691849c?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2aa253bcfca57ec1c22ca2a2e691849c?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Spark"},"url":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/author\/spark\/"}]}},"template_type":null,"featured_image_type":null,"is_audio_post":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"affiliates","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliates?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"collections","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collections?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"interests","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interests?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}