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Reynolds combines an immediate technique of painting (en plein air) with the far slower and more contemplative sculpting - using concrete as a recurring medium and icon. “In a digital age - give me concrete!” quipped one.
Some have said Reynolds paints like a sculptor and sculpts like a painter. What is certain is that the liquidity of unset concrete, and the density hewn of oil paint, are central to his practice. The properties of both; and quiet, unfolding themes are at once avenues and destinations for the artist and viewer. An antiquity from our time; a moment in a snowflakes’ descent - both equally transient and important. If follows that Reynolds remains conscious of the decay of steel and concrete - of all materials, thoughts, memories, truths and ideas. The shake of a fist in the face of endlessness, a recognition of the precipitous importance of this moment. Revered, buried and perhaps unearthed. |
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