Symbolic Representation of Robert Reed, 2024

The Symbolic Representation of Robert Reed is part of the Black Male Artist Professor Series. This series aims to showcase and celebrate the accomplishments of Black male visual artists/art or art education professors (must be both) who have made ...

The Symbolic Representation of Robert Reed is part of the Black Male Artist Professor Series. This series aims to showcase and celebrate the accomplishments of Black male visual artists/art or art education professors (must be both) who have made significant contributions to the art world or art education and have taught or are currently teaching in visual art and/or art education programs at historically White colleges and universities in the United States. The series will showcase paintings inspired by Fauvism's stylistic traditions, created using a combination of acrylic and oil paints and incorporating symbolic references associated with each subject. To maintain consistency, every painting will be of a standard size of 36" x 48", while unique techniques will be employed to represent each subject. The series will comprise of 20 to 25 paintings.