David Medalla

Celebrated artist David Medalla (b.The Philippines 1942) gives an extensive interview to Cv/VAR, in which he discusses his advent to the literary and art scenes of Paris and London at a significant point of change in 1960. He recalls his introduction in Paris by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duncan and Gaston Bachelard, who admired his original kinetic sculpture, The Bubble Machine. Arriving in London in 1963 he joined Paul Keeler to operate Signals Gallery, exhibiting European and South American artists such as Jesus Rafael Soto and Vassilakis Takis, in groundbreaking manifestations. Medalla went on to form the Exploding Galaxy, a seedbed of performance art based in a house at London's Ballspond Road. A protean spirit of wide influence over five decades as a poet and visionary creator, Medalla has continued his extraordinary path. Following a recent show in Berlin Medalla will next be seen in 'Migration' a six month long survey starting in January 2012 at Tate Britain.