RICHARD REYNOLDS (B. 1967, SHROPSHIRE, UK)
Large Head (2)
1996
Acrylic on canvas
270 x 201 x 5 cm
ARR

Provenance:
Karsten Schubert, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1996

Exhibition History:
The New Neurotic Realism, Saatchi Gallery, London, 1998

Literature:
‘Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art’ published by Saatchi Gallery, London, 2006, pp.302
‘The New Neurotic Realism’, exh. cat., published by Saatchi Gallery, London, 1998, n.p.

Description:
From Saatchi Gallery, Loan of Art, pp.302 – “A 1996 graduate of the Slade School of Art in London, Reynolds developed a style that fused painting and sculpture. After painting simplified cartoon-like heads and figures on canvas, he made them appear as if they were carved from wood, like the rough-hewn work of Stephen Balkenhol. Reynold’s tiny brushstrokes cover their skin like carved facets, giving their faces life and depth, in stark contrast to their flatly-modelled bodies”.