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Albert Reyes the Future Is So Bright, 2009, Painting on Wood Panel
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The Future is so Bright, 2009
Original Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
44 × 20 in
111.8 × 50.8 cm …
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The Future is so Bright, 2009
Original Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
44 × 20 in
111.8 × 50.8 cm This painting was featured in the exhibition at the "Giant Robot Biennale, 20 Years" Exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum. This is a painting, and we do have prints by this artist. It is listed as a acrylic on canvas, but the truth is that artist has never painted on a canvas, he only paints on what he can pull out of a dumpster, (for real), around the east-side of Los Angeles. Painting's have been done on old tables and bed frames. This painting has been done a a large piece of plywood about an inch thick.
About Artist: Hi, my name is Albert Reyes. I was born in Panorama City in 1971, a suburb of Los Angeles. I grew up in El Sereno, also a suburb of Los Angeles, but to me it was more like a little village: surrounded by open spaces with hills and trails you could explore. The neighborhood is mostly working-class, mostly Hispanic people. I myself am half Mexican and half German. Ever since I was a kid, I enjoyed drawing. I was inspired by gang graffiti and the movies. You could see two movies for 75 cents back then. I drew sand people from the movie Star Wars and also did drawings of the band KISS. I was fascinated with their face makeup.
I loved to draw then, and I still love to draw. My artistic arsenal consists of (in rapid fire): drawings in pencil and ink on book covers, drawings and paintings on large pieces of wood, found objects, recycled materials on book covers and wood, large silk-screened prints and small prints on paper, full installation, sculpture, video, and maze structures. My artwork now is about the world we live in-our culture, the things we do, the good, the bad, and the beautiful. I still live in El Sereno, in the house I grew up in.
I would like to infiltrate the art establishment. Be creative and have a great time. You know, change things. Stuff that sounds too much like politics. I just want to start my own religion where people get rewarded for doing good, new, creative things. I look at my life and at my artwork- it’s all same thing to me. Everything I do is my artwork. If its making someone laugh in a conversation by telling a joke, or making someone smile when they look at a drawing or painting I’ve made. I believe whatever comes out of a person-that’s their artwork.
So make it good, make it honest, and know that there are people out there who respond deeply to honesty. Creatively, that’s where I’m trying to come out of-honesty.
Albert Reyes has been known to spit art on his hands and knees with a mouth full of beer in the middle of the street. He has also shown in a gallery along with a painting by Picasso. These same strange dualities and juxtapositions are highly prevalent in his work, which tackles both conceptual and graffiti art. Recognized for his ubiquitous “GIVE “ tag, Albert has a distinctive artistic approach inspired not only by street art, comic books, and American pop culture; but also by contemporary and classical “high art “. Many of his drawings and illustrations incorporate everything from icons of corporate America to Hollywood stars to mass media to politics to consumerism.
Albert Reyes has been known to spit art on his hands and knees with a mouth full of beer in the middle of the street. He has also shown in a gallery along with a painting by Picasso. These same strange dualities and juxtapositions are highly prevalent in his work, which tackles both conceptual and graffiti art. Recognized for his ubiquitous “GIVE” tag, Albert has a distinctive artistic approach inspired not only by street art, comic books, and American pop culture; but also by contemporary and classical “high art”. Many of his drawings and illustrations incorporate everything from icons of corporate America to Hollywood stars to mass media to politics to consumerism. Reyes has exhibited at the Tree House Gallery, JUNC Gallery, Bent Gallery, Giant Robot LA SF NY, New Image Art Gallery LA, Black Market Gallery LA, Upper Playground SF, Low, Balazo, Ampersand, Stay Gold Gallery NYC, White Walls, Studio Number One, and in Paris, France. He has done album cover artwork for the band Le Rev and singer/songwriter Simone White. He has also appeared in the New York Times: Year In Ideas, Swindle, Chicano Art Magazine and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, CW’s Online Nation, and CNN.
Medium:Painting
Condition:Excellent Condition
Signature:Hand-signed by artist, Yes signed. On quite a few works the artist back dates the signature to different dates from when he actually … Certificate of authenticity:Included
Frame:Not included
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- Dimensions
- 44ʺW × 1ʺD × 20ʺH
- Styles
- Contemporary
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Pop Culture
- Period
- 2000 - 2009
- Item Type
- New
- Materials
- Acrylic Paint
- Wood
- Condition
- Mint Condition, No Imperfections
- Color
- Baby Blue
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Condition Excellent Condition less
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