David Reed at MAX PROTETCH

James Kalm makes his way to Chelsea to view the latest exhibition of David Reed. With a reputation in the New York Painting community that stretches back to the late sixties, David Reed continues to befuddle the public with his mysterious technical prowess and provocative conceptual approach to the medium of paint. Featuring a cameo appearance by David Humphrey.

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• James
• Kalm
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• Reed
• Max
• Protetch
• Dave
• Humphrey
• abstraction
• painting
• drawing
• Abstract
• Expressionism
• conceptual
• art

[jeffreycollins]

Thanks for viewing this show. I've been into Davids paintings for years now, and he's an incredibly nice guy too. Saw him on the street when I was in NYC last time and talked to him for a minute.

[markstbr]

Great videos James! Please contact me by email --- I have a request!

Mark Staff Brandl

[MrWowforever]

these paintings are getting too familiar, too signaturey

[MrWowforever]

pt. 6

get adopted by brad pitt and wax your privates

[eenkjet]

PT. 5

not sure it he uses this trick or not.

if you want the paint to have a modified wetness (much like painting with mayonnaise). you can dilute and then mix thixotropic powder with it. it will develop a bit of a translucent haze that also traps light,but unlike using opacity. the powders are available throught industrial epoxy suppliers.

(the sprayed almond area previously mentioned is clear medium scraped then highlighted with airbrush).

[eenkjet]

PT.4

one effect that he doesn't do is altering the viscosities so that you can have interior isolations with dual color scrapes (the thinnner one will pass over the thicker one, it's very pretty)

so now you can all go out an paint Protetchs!

if you disagree with any of these comments i suggest you try the techniques first. after 8 years of doing exactly this look i am an expert.

[eenkjet]

PT.3

as for the negative drips, polyester is ideal in that it can not block pigment pass through. thus if you drip solvent it will remove pigment directly to the table. the hollow spots then could be airbrushed. obvious almond colored airbrushing can be seen at the top layer of one piece. as for the "photo transfer"... it did look like a transfer (because of rheology). the paint would act that particular way more readily at a smaller scale. they looked like small scrapes enlarged.

[eenkjet]

HOW IT'S DONE PT.2

also when taping off for secondary scrape passes, you need to use gel medium up against the taped edge to keep paint from going under. sanding the layer below is necessary

to knock the peaks off so that when scraping the next layer you don't experience any "skipping" (which creates negative spots). if you use a thick layer of gel you can have some luminous interference by light being trapped between the paint layers much like encaustic.

[eenkjet]

HOW IT'S DONE

i did this style for several years early in my career. it it obviously done by scraping paint. the edge effect is the main trick. the hard edges are airbrushed with a matching color to give it a "gaussian blur" look.

[lakeshafer]

I love it! I like David Reed alot and it was so great to see this show through you!!!

Eva