Albert Reyes’ work encapsulates everything that is interesting, beautiful, and horrifying about the city of Los Angeles. While his origins are somewhat mysterious, we know he has roots in graffiti, which is perhaps why his most powerful works seem ripped from real life, as if the energy and desolation of the streets have been captured on notebook paper or the back of a book. He brings discarded objects and transforms them into something beautiful and mysterious; he recycles logos and signage, and then forces them to inform on themselves, stripped of their commercial power. More than anything, Albert Reyes makes you question your comfortable reality by presenting his version of what's happening in the shadows, in the house next door, on tv, or in the streets.
- LA TACO
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