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David Singer

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by Jason Ankeny
The final and most prolific of the classic Fillmore Auditorium poster artists, David Singer was also among the most original, drawing upon influences ranging from art deco to surrealism to create collages distinguished not only by their geometric precision and clarity but also by their enduring sense of mystery. A native of Quakertown, Pennsylvania born in 1941, Singer's interest in mysticism was fostered during childhood when a teacher instructed him in the art of drawing hex signs; his other adolescent fascination was magazines, and over the years he built an enormous collection of scrapbook images out of the pages he tore from publications like National Geographic, Life, Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post.







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