David Reed, #732-2, 2020

2020

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

193 × 27.9 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-156060

In paintings #335, #554 and #732-2, David Reed explores the relationship between temporality, movement, and perception by using dynamic brushstrokes and layers of color that are subsequently removed. The background colors alter the appearance of the foreground surfaces, creating an interplay that produces a depth and radiance, giving the impression that, like a screen, light is emanating from behind. These color compositions are heavily influenced by cinematic aesthetics and movements. Reed’s painting thus bridges painterly gesture with the experience of new media, which, for him, significantly shapes the way we view and interact with painting. He describes his works as a “media experience” that enables an unprecedented interaction with painting: “I’d like painting to be part of the world and not separated from the world […] There’s a lot of new colors in the world now that we see on screens and movies and dyes and plastics, and these colors don’t yet have emotional connotations. And painting has a wonderful history of giving emotional connotations to certain colors.” This connection between traditional painting and modern technologies questions the emotional connotations of colors and offers an approach to painting that is not merely self-referential but connected to lived experience. In Reed’s works, numerous new levels of meaning and perception open up that extend beyond the canvas surface.