Devin Reynolds: Vaguely Familiar
432 S. Alameda St. Los Angeles, CA 90013
Sunday, September 8 at 12:00 PM 5:00 PM
Ends Oct 27, 2019
Devin Reynolds’ first solo show in Los Angeles. The fusing of American nostalgia, graffiti, and surf and skate culture is revealed through works that utilize hand-painted signage and blue-collar materials such as house-paint, clay, and plywood. Reynolds’ paintings exhibit an intimate rhetoric of his personal experiences while blending motifs of everyday life. Recognizable imagery is disassociated from its original content by the addition of an unexpected vernacular that becomes a point of access for historical and current socio-political themes. Smaller scale abstract paintings reference and build upon other works in the exhibition. The use of transdisciplinary techniques, color, and shape similarly forge compositions that evoke a familiarity that is not quite decipherable.