Katherine Símone Reynolds: A Performance Lecture

Doors open at 6 p.m.
Galleries open 6-6:30 p.m.
Talk in the lobby 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Join artist and Held Impermanence curator Katherine Símone Reynolds for a performance lecture. This poetic and academic experience will delve into the themes presented in her exhibition, Held Impermanence. This show asks visitors to consider healing and rest over time, invites us to explore how we respond to this collection with our bodies, and asks how to contend with Clyfford Still’s and our mortality.

This program is $5 for the public and free for CSM members. Registration is required, and space is limited. Registration will open soon.

About Katherine Símone Reynolds

Katherine Simóne Reynolds‘ practice investigates emotional dialects and psychogeographies of Blackness within the Black Midwestern landscape, conversations on the “non,” and the importance of “anti-excellence.” Her work cautiously attempts to physicalize emotions and experiences by constructing works that include photo-based works, film, choreography, sculpture, and an anxious writing/curatorial practice. Utilizing Black embodiment, vulnerabilities, and the interior alongside her own personal narrative as a place of departure has made her question her own navigation of ownership, inclusion, and authenticity within a contemporary gaze. She draws inspiration from Black glamour, residue, and the Black church while interrogating the notion of “authentic care.” Her practice deals with Blackness from her perspective and continuously searches for what it means to produce “Black Work.”

Reynolds has exhibited and performed work within many spaces and institutions, including the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Museum of Modern Art New York, The Luminary, and the Graham Foundation. She has exhibited in national and international group and solo shows and has spoken at The Contemporary Art Museum of Saint Louis, The Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Black Midwest Initiative Symposium at the University of Minnesota. Reynolds was also the 2022 Fellow at The Graham Foundation. Alongside her visual art practice, She has embarked on curatorial projects at The Luminary, SculptureCenter, and exhibitions for Counterpublic 2023. Her latest projects will be on view at The Stanley Museum of Art and the Clyfford Still Museum in 2024.