Two concurrent exhibitions by Rondall Reynoso, assistant professor of painting and chair of the Hastings College Department of Visual Arts, open today in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center. Both exhibitions run through September 18, with a free public reception scheduled for Thursday, September 3, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the JDAC.
Located in the West Gallery, “In Remembrance” explores the fragile relationship between memory and identity, inspired by Reynoso’s personal experience processing his father’s Alzheimer’s disease.
The minimalist works meditate on the transience of life and devotional religiosity. Highlighting the deeply personal nature of the show are five drawings made by his father, Cruz Reynoso, drawn on courtroom notes during his historic tenure as the first Hispanic justice on the California Supreme Court from 1982 to 1987.
In the East Gallery, “Hot Orb Fantasy” presents large, brightly colored paintings from Reynoso’s Things Eternal series, which originally debuted in 2006 as a meditation on the divine and the Imago Dei.
The exhibition takes its name from a critical review in the Sacramento News & Review that the artist felt missed the mark — a title he now embraces with subtle irony to contrast the vibrant, large-scale works in an intimate space against the minimalist, white compositions featured in the larger gallery next door.
The Jackson Dinsdale Art Center gallery, located at 700 E. 12th St., is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
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