Flag Pole, 2006
watercolor and gouache on paper
41” x 26” (49 1/4” x 34” framed)
(detail on right)
All Consuming Identity, 2005
watercolor and gouache on paper
26” x 41”
Lick It, Fuck It, Suck It, 2005
Watercolor and gouache on paper
26" x 41"
I'm a Little Teapot: Russel Wright American Modern, 2006
Watercolor and gouache on paper
26" x 40"
(detail on right)
Codpiece, 2005
watercolor and gouache on paper
26” x 41”
Beauty and the Beast 2006
Watercolor and gouache on paper
41" x 26"
Satin Cock, 2005
oil on canvas
24” x 48”
Rainbow Play Systems, 2004
oil on canvas
96” x 48”
(detail on right)
Black and White Rainbows 2003
Oil on canvas
72" x 30"
(detail on right)
Holding on to Happiness, 2003
oil on canvas
120” x 30”
Brett Reichman's oil paintings and colorful drawings are cultural studies, rich in imagery and references, offering viewers skilled paint handling and expert draftsmanship. Both as a practitioner and teacher Reichman is committed to labor-intensive traditions,championing integrity in painted and drawn figuration.
Brett Reichman's recent exhibition at Gallery Paule Anglim featured several large paintings (some taking more than a year to complete) depicting colorful twisted forms of striped drapery. Bright and magnified, they speak of childhood play, of toys and clowns. The stark lighting and dramatic shadow reveals phallic shapes, drawing the viewer into the second reading of the work, composed of references to sexual desire and lost innocence.
Reichman’s frequent use of the rainbow motif as signifier of gay culture is crucial to his thematic engagement with issues of identity and the symbolic nature of objects. Rendering in a difficult crosshatch technique, the artist builds up multi-colored contours in his new series of drawings. Rooted in self-portraiture, these works represent transgressive performances with innocent objects.
Reichman’s works are represented in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Orange County Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum and the Portland Museum of Art in Oregon.
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