Whispers & Echoes
Brian Rea, Yong Sin
September 26, 2016 - October 28, 2016
Selected Works
CMAY Gallery presents Whispers & Echoes, a new exhibition featuring artworks by Los Angeles-based artists Brian Rea and Yong Sin. The exhibition will run from September 26 - October 28, 2016. The opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 5:00 to 9:30 pm.
In the midst of all the noise emanating from the electioneering, artists keep doingwhat they do best, creating quietly. They may reflect on the same issues that ail our society, but they do not need to scream it out every time there is an audience present. There aren’t always messages embedded in their art, but if there were, they could come in any form. The works presented in Whispers & Echoes choose to present themselves like little stories illustrated in varying forms. Brian Rea collects words that represent his own responses or "emotional conditions" in relation to the "natural world". In his practice of writing words down on stones and "gathering" them to build his work, his “wall of emotions”, Brian Rea creates a different kind of work. Rea’s wall seeks to deconstruct: it begs to be torn down. Yong Sin tells her story by employing human figures, shapes, like circles and squares, and abstract patterns. Her constant is to create "nuances to challenge the ideas of identity". She uses an endless variety of forms to find that ultimate meaning that perhaps already exists in her work. Brian Rea and Yong Sin embody the stories that are relevant to so many of us and tell them through Whispers & Echoes.
Brian Rea produces drawings and paintings for magazines, murals, fashion and film projects around the world. His work has been exhibited in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Barcelona at the Fundació Joan Miro. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Art Center College of Design and a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and his plants.
Yong Sin is a Seoul, Korea born artist who completed her higher education at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has been exhibiting her work since 1995 and has been commissioned public Art projects three of which were exhibited at the Los Angeles International Airport. Her work is part of several major collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Microsoft Corporation. She lives and works in San Pedro, California.
CMAY Gallery is a Los Angeles premiere collector's gallery promoting contemporary art. The gallery is located on level 2 of the iconic Blue Building at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.