Allegory for the Present: Merwin Belin & Dennis Reed, Los Angeles Harbor College Art Gallery, 2016
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As-Is.LA Gallery
1133 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-610-4110
www.as-is.la
October 2 through November 3, 2018
Main Gallery: Police Culture
Dennis Reed’s photographs, often poetic and mysterious, add to the conversation regarding the impact, truthfulness and usefulness of police body cameras and surveillance footage. Through his reinterpretation of these images, Reed laments what he sees as the “us versus them” attitude of police, the growing use of military tactics and weapons by police, and the ever-increasing revelations about police violence, particularly against people of color. More than that, the photographs question the truthfulness of photography itself, the limits of our individual perception, and our relentless need to assign meanings to images.
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As-Is.LA Gallery
1133 Venice Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-610-4110
www.as-is.la
October 2 through November 3, 2018
Entry Gallery: Light Dissipaters and Season Tracers
Between 1968 and 1970, Dennis Reed produced a series of light installations staged to be photographed. Fluorescent lights were arranged in various configurations in vacant fields, connected to a generator, quickly lit and photographed before the police arrived (sometimes dispatched because of reports that Martians had landed). These pieces represent a photographic variant of what is now called the Light and Space movement.
For a more complete explanation of Police Culture and the Light Dissipaters, see the Police Culture page and the Early Works page.