Description:
Two abstract panels, made with dripwork. From Portfolio of 14 prints from Art resources Transfer (A.R.T.)

Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Reed takes an unconventional approach to art, combining Baroque theatricality with aspects of new media technology. His work, like Baroque painting, has an overall saturation in light. However, where the lighting in Baroque painting seems to come from above, the lighting in this piece appears to be coming from behind like it were a digital image projected on a screen. This piece highlights the more traditional aspects of art, like color and painterly brushstrokes, while tying in to the aesthetic of digital media through the backlighting effect and the heavy color contrasts evoking internet advertisements. - Shelby Miner (B.A. ’15)

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