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David McDermott on Living in the Past: I Time Traveled Through Art - 246 - Alain Elkann Interviews

David McDermott on Living in the Past: I Time Traveled Through Art - 246 - Alain Elkann Interviews

Update: 2025-07-27
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A TRYST WITH TIME. David McDermott is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally since the 1980s. In his experiments with time he emphatically insists on the beautiful and the miraculous, looking beyond the promises of techno-modernity and mirroring themes of 19th century artists’ rejection of the Industrial Revolution.

“This old-fashioned concept of moving forward in time and abandoning the past, abandoning civilisation to move forward, it’s a very outdated concept.“

“Right now, my painting’s a rebellion against modern art.“

“I’m very interested in my life now, which is different from the one I escaped from.“

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David McDermott on Living in the Past: I Time Traveled Through Art - 246 - Alain Elkann Interviews

David McDermott on Living in the Past: I Time Traveled Through Art - 246 - Alain Elkann Interviews

Alain Elkann