Reynold Reynolds “Almost Six Pieces” Exhibition View at Dazibao. Courtesy the artist and Dazibao, Montréal
REYNOLD REYNOLDS
ALMOST SIX PIECES
19 February – 18 April 2015
Dazibao, Montreal
Almost Six Pieces brings together, for the first time in Canada, five video installations by the American artist Reynold Reynolds. In a scrupulously controlled chaos, exacerbated by the abundance of references – historical, artistic, scientific, etc. – Reynolds somehow develops an aesthetic of “unease”. This unease is maintained by a persistent confusion between bluff and reality and is fed by unexpressed and unacknowledged torments. Without being apocalyptic or completely dystopian, the five works brought together here foretell a world bordering on disaster, making the very idea of progress the allegory of ruin.
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