{"product_id":"louise-reynolds-if-i-told-the-truth","title":"254. Louise Reynolds - If I Told the Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eWatercolour pencils and gouache on wood panel\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 12.7 x 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouise Reynolds (b. 1998) is an artist from Hamilton, Scotland, who lives and works in London. Extracting fleeting phrases from the news cycle and clickbait media forms the imaginative point of departure for her work. By dreaming upon titles, comments, and speeches that snag her attention, Reynolds transforms fragments of language into a personal world of magical realism, capturing a simultaneous sense of anxiety and comedy. The titles of the works provide clues to their original source material, leaving behind only glimmers of the familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterested in the overwhelming saturation of information consumed daily, Reynolds uses painting and drawing as a way of slowing down and reflecting back the tangled narratives left in its wake. Figures, plants, mountains, waters, and skies recur throughout the work, often drawing from her family’s rural background. Condensing references to both high and low culture, she questions hierarchical structures through both subject matter and medium, frequently favouring pencils and watercolour on wood over more traditional materials, while also working in oil paint and etching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReynolds completed The Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School, London (2021–2022), following a BA (Hons) in Painting \u0026amp; Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art (2016–2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eSORB: Hardcore Uproar\u003c\/em\u003e at SET Lewisham, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eCamouflage\u003c\/em\u003e at The Stash Gallery, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eDrawn Together\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Drawing School, London (2025); \u003cem\u003eRed Sky at Morning\u003c\/em\u003e at UNIT, London (solo, 2024); \u003cem\u003eInside Job\u003c\/em\u003e at Tate Modern, London (2024); \u003cem\u003eReframing the Muse\u003c\/em\u003e at St John’s College, Oxford (2024); \u003cem\u003eTEN: A Decade of Unit London\u003c\/em\u003e (2023); \u003cem\u003eOnce Bitten Twice Shy\u003c\/em\u003e at Unit, London (online solo, 2023); \u003cem\u003eRed in Tooth and Claw\u003c\/em\u003e at Filet Space, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eBest of the Drawing Year\u003c\/em\u003e at Christie’s, London (2022); and \u003cem\u003eThe Drawing Year 2022\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Drawing School, London (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResidencies include Dumfries House, Scotland (2025); Gwrych Castle, Wales (2024); and Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Braemar, Scotland (2023). In 2020, she received the John Kinross Award from the Royal Scottish Academy. Her work is held in collections including The Royal Collection, The Royal Scottish Academy, Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Braemar, and Dumfries House.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"UK insurance +£15","offer_id":57733117411702,"sku":null,"price":465.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance +£25","offer_id":57987715531126,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance +£35","offer_id":57987715563894,"sku":null,"price":485.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork254.jpg?v=1776949994","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/louise-reynolds-if-i-told-the-truth","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}