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Littlewordpress interview

Mustard kink, 2016 Tile & mixed media 29.5 x 42″ x 10″     Full Interview here… Littlewordpress Thank you Melissa Kandal for the engaging Q&A

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Exhibition closes October 29th!  Get down to Weinberger Fine Art

if you haven’t seen the show yet.

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Last chance for In Beauty There is Guilt Exhibition closes October 29th!  Get down to Weinberger Fine Art if you haven't seen the show yet.

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"Elegant complexity" by Alex Anderson

“Elegant complexity” by Alex Anderson

“Brett Reif, too, has flooded the gallery with fluid artwork. He now works and lives in Kansas City, but like Evangeline, has roots in New Orleans. He states that he mixes “forms of art and life with emotional and ideological premises that culminate in artifacts that seem to find solace in concrete irreverence.” His work does not so much blur the boundary between the gallery wall space and its…

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“Fried Times” was an installation originally installed at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in 2003.  The exhibition showcased a month of fried Times Picayune newspapers, the main New Orleans newspaper.  The installation was set up as a calendar on stainless supports with the fried newspapers suspended on meat hooks, representing the days of the week from August, 2002.

These are the actual batter-fried and resined newspapers from the exhibition.  Each newspaper was grommeted, flash fried, clear-coat resined and suspended on stainless steel meat hooks.  Each individual fried newspaper comes with a 24 inch stainless steel pot rack for suspension with stainless screws and mounts for standard sheetrock installation.

“Fried Times” represents a view that the news and the manner it is shared and consumed can be unhealthy.  News has changed.  It is no longer under the integrity of journalism but is a profit-based entertainment industry.  The fried newspapers suggest a world were we are attracted to news like we are attracted to fried food.  It looks really yummy, but it will leave you fat, sad & sick to your stomach.  Reif

For easy purchasing…. go here… https://www.spreesy.com/Reif_Artist/1

  Fried Times for sale! "Fried Times" was an installation originally installed at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in 2003.  The exhibition showcased a month of fried Times Picayune newspapers, the main New Orleans newspaper.  

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Open Studios @ Studios Inc 9/9

Open Studios @ Studios Inc 9/9

Friday September 9th, 6-9pm Studios Inc. 1708 Campbell, KCMO 64108 Several resident artists will be having open studios accompanying Tanya Hartman’s opening reception in the Studios Inc. Gallery.  Come see the show and visit the open studios.

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Tile Plume, 2016           tile &  mixed media, 57″ x 23″ x 7.5″

Come to Weinberger Fine Art, September 1st, 5-8pm for the VIP reception & book signing for Margaret Evangeline.  While you’re there, eat some NOLA snacks and check out my Weinberger debut.  I’ll have many new works on view from this summers production, including the public premier of Tile Plume.  Here is a sneak peak of some of some of the new work.

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  New work @ Weinberger Fine Art Come to Weinberger Fine Art, September 1st, 5-8pm for the VIP reception & book signing for…

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Summer Update

I will be posting studio updates in the coming weeks with images.  My space at The Studios Inc. was cooking this summer.  We produced almost 40 new works, several new series and a large and dramatic commission this summer.  Images of this summers production will be on the site soon.  Here is a new piece!  I’m very excited about where this series is headed.

Mustard Kink, 2016, tile & mixed media

I am very excited to announce my gallery affiliation with Weinberger Fine Arts!  Don’t miss Weinberger Fine Arts this coming 1st Friday, September 2nd and check out the opening for Margaret Evangeline, a fellow Louisiana artist.  I’ll have several pieces in the gallery as well!

SALE COMING!

Inferno, 2006, fried canvas

I’ll be leaving Studios Inc at the end of the year and I am sitting on a stash of older artwork.  I’d love to find a good home for some of these old friends.  I’ll be announcing sales of various older pieces in the coming weeks and months.  Stay tuned!  If there is anything that peaks your interest send me an email, brett.reif@gmail.com.  I haven’t decided the sale platform yet, but you’ll be able to buy the work online and we’ll ship it to you.  Inferno will be available!  Own some certifried art!

Summer 2016! Update & Sale Summer Update I will be posting studio updates in the coming weeks with images.  My space at…

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Pale Blue Kink, 2016

Come to KCAC and see this new piece and celebrate the Kansas City Artists Coalition fortieth anniversary!  Friday, August 12th 5-10 PM

#KCACBLOCKPARTY #KCACTURNS40 #RMRE2016

KCAC 40th Invitational Exhibition Pale Blue Kink, 2016 Come to KCAC and see this new piece and celebrate the Kansas City Artists Coalition fortieth anniversary!  Friday, August 12th 5-10 PM #KCACBLOCKPARTY #KCACTURNS40 #RMRE2016

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ADRIANE HERMAN & BRETT REIF Join JCCC faculty moderators Allison Smith, associate professor and chair of art history and Mark Cowardin, professor of fine arts for this engaging program. Third Thursday Visiting Artists @ The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

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First Friday poster boy.

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KC Star Article on Run Off @ Studios Inc.

KC Star Article on Run Off @ Studios Inc.

First Friday: Brett Reif turns household objects and building materials into playful art “My craft is transforming this Martha Stewart-like tile into goopy, frothy surfaces,” says artist Reif has been an associate professor at the Kansas City Art Institute since 2002 With “Run Off,” Reif was influenced by the arte povera movement of 1960s Italy Read more here:…

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GUILDit presentation 12-1 @ The Kauffman Foundation

GUILDit presentation 12-1 @ The Kauffman Foundation

Artist talk

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Brett Reif talks about Run Off

Brett Reif will be discussing Run Off at noon at Studios Inc! Learn more about Reif's work and process.

Artist talk, 1.9.16 at Studios Inc. at noon

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Run Off opens Friday at 6pm!

Run Off opens Friday at 6pm!

Froth Worship,     2016 tile, stainless steel, mixed media

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Downpoor… the book! Didn't get a chance to see the show?  Own it.

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Run Off, exhibition announcement

Run Off, exhibition announcement

  Spillover XS, Green,” 48 x 48, tile, wallpaper and mixed media The Studios Inc Exhibition Space is pleased to present Run Off, an exhibition featuring resident artist Brett Reif, on view from 01.08.16 to 02.12.16 with an opening reception Friday, 01.08.16 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. Spills and spurts, contamination and accidents, smokescreens and veils are all featured in Reif’s upcoming exhibition.…

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With Limited Time To Create, Artist-Parents Face Challenges And Rewards

With Limited Time To Create, Artist-Parents Face Challenges And Rewards

This article by Laura Spencer with KCUR happened earlier this year and I never did post.  I added my two cents on the Artist-Parent challenge. “With Limited Time to Create, Artist-Parents Face Challenges and Rewards”