David Barnes (artist)

David Barnes (born November 1, 1977) is an artist, performer, and comedian best known for being the art director for his brother Kevin's indie pop band,

Artwork

Barnes has contributed artwork for his brother's band, of Montreal, including covers for Aldhils Arboretum, Satanic Panic in the Attic, The Sunlandic Twins, and False Priest. The covers typically have unique color schemes and illustrations achieved through a combination of thick watercolors, markers and ink. Barnes also contributed T-shirt, tote bag, and wall decal designs for the Skeletal Lamping Collection, which re-imagined the concept of album packaging by including digital album downloads in a variety of different art pieces.

In 2008 he designed the album artwork for Sand Fastened, the debut album from the band Fire Zuave, which features singing by a Chuck Andrews (a cousin of Barnes').^[1]

Barnes has also created art for Automaton Snowboards.

Book

On April 26, 2011, Barnes released his debut book, "What's Weird," featuring 128 pages of paintings, drawings, sketches, and more. The book comes with a commentary by Barnes.^[2]

Music videos

David also works on of Montreal's music videos, including "Gronlandic Edit.".^[3] Along with Jason Miller and Apollinaire Rave, he co-wrote and appears in the video for "Coquet Coquette,"^[4] from of Montreal's 2010 album False Priest.

Performance

In addition to conceptualizing of Montreal's stage productions as well as designing their sets and props, David also often appears as a performer during the band's concerts. Along with of Montreal, he has performed on Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

In 2005, Barnes worked with his brother and his sister-in-law, Nina, on A Pollinaire Rave, a touring comedy production.

In July 2008, Kevin and David performed skits, under the name Disney Herpes,^[5] opening for Fire Zuave^[6] in Athens, Georgia.

References

External links

The Elephant 6 Recording Company

Members of the collective	Bill Doss Jeff Mangum Robert Schneider Will Cullen Hart Hilarie Sidney Jim McIntyre Laura Carter John Hill Eric Allen Jeremy Barnes Jill Carnes David Barnes Kevin Barnes Eric Harris Peter Erchick Julian Koster Derek Almstead Scott Spillane John Fernandes Bryan Poole Lisa Janssen

Bands in the collective	The Apples in Stereo Thee American Revolution Beulah Black Swan Network Chocolate USA Circulatory System Dixie Blood Moustache Dressy Bessy Elf Power The Essex Green Frosted Ambassador The Gerbils The High Water Marks The Ladybug Transistor Major Organ and the Adding Machine Marbles The Minders The Music Tapes Neutral Milk Hotel of Montreal The Olivia Tremor Control Orchestre Fantastique Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't Secret Square The Sunshine Fix Synthetic Flying Machine Ulysses Von Hemmling

Other notable bands and side projects	Bablicon Casper & the Cookies Echo Orbiter Fablefactory Great Lakes A Hawk and a Hacksaw Icy Demons The Instruments Kingsauce The Late B.P. Helium M Coast Marta Tennae Calvin, Don't Jump! Midget and Hairs My First Keyboard Thimble Circus Visitations The Diminisher Eyes and Arms of Smoke Perry Weissman 3

Projects subsequent to the E6 disbandment	The New Sound of Numbers Guignol Ham1 Lorkakar Folklore Supercluster Andy From Denver James Husband The Observatory Faster Circuits Nana Grizol Nesey Gallons Madeline

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