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Apr282021

Gamut Gallery announces Setting the Groundwork Exhibition by Reggie LeFlore

Via a recent e-announcement from Gamut Gallery

May 28 - June 26, 2021

Setting the Groundwork– a solo exhibition by Reggie LeFlore exploring his take on the multidimensional elements of creating, storytelling, and relationships with space and time.

A city is constructed for utilitarian purposes but for many artists, it is an eternal canvas or stage that, when used correctly, has the ability to stimulate dialogue within communities and abroad. Reggie LeFlore’s solo exhibition, Setting the Groundwork, incorporates his awareness of and appreciation for the multifaceted perspectives and practices of art in the public sphere to interrogate the power of space in the built environment and its connections to the natural world.

Informed by his everyday interactions and collaborations with folks in the community, organizers, graffiti writers, curators, and fellow artists, LeFlore’s work embraces the nuances and complexities of street art, guiding him throughout his creative projects. While Reggie primarily uses spray paint and hand-cut stencils to create vivid, large-scale portraits and imagery, intentionality and subjectivity, unconditional to medium, provide him the space to examine the various layers of identity and legacy of cultural abdundence. Boundless to the constraints and aesthetic expectations, Setting the Groundwork showcases LeFlore’s exploration of storytelling and the strength and healing that comes from sharing our ancestry and honoring it. 

Setting the Groundwork is Reggie LeFlore’s visual autobiography. Through the use of six portraits, each representing a different chapter of creativity in his life, viewers will have the opportunity to get a look into his inspirations as a child and to his collaborations across his life, highlighting his connections to community and the environments that surround it. Each foundational portrait represents a piece of LeFlore’s methodology, supported with elements containing his past, future and his current bookmark resounding on identity, afrocentricity and purpose. These experiences and influences create a larger than life, bold, vibrant story; a mural per se of his life, from his roots in Omaha to his life in Minneapolis.

ABOUT REGGIE LEFLORE

Reggie LeFlore is a visual artist who creates to praise individual and collective stories through human portraiture.  His inspirations are drawn from the concepts and philosophies of Street Art culture and Illustration – using aerosol, acrylic paint and various graphic design techniques to construct pieces in varying styles, scales and surfaces. Reggie uses visual arts to amplify both his surrounding environments and the narratives contained within them.

MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW NIGHTFriday, May 28th //  6-8pm

Reserve your spot or become a member today!

• 1 hour reserved tour sessions • Pre-sale tickets required, book your pre-sale today • 15 visitors per tour • Masks required • Please stay home if you are feeling unwell

PUBLIC OPENING NIGHT: Saturday, May 29th // 6-10pm • $7

• 45 minute reserved tour sessions • Pre-sale tickets required, book your pre-sale • 15 visitors per tour • Masks required • Please stay home if you are feeling unwell

ARTIST TALK: Thursday, June 24th // 6-8pm • $10

A multifaceted conversation and a look into the mind of Artist Reggie LeFlore, hosted at Gamut Gallery.  • Limited tickets available - pre-sales available soon • Masks required • Please stay home if you are feeling unwell

GALLERY & GIFT SHOP OPEN HOURS 

FREE open hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11am - 6pm; Saturday 11am - 4pm

Gamut Gallery is open with capacity restrictions for in-person viewing of the exhibition. We are available by appointment, please request an appointment 48 hours in advance.

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