Wisdom Keeper

Michael Reeder’s work has been focused on the general theme of mortality for over five years, so he is a perfect match for ‘The Inevitable: Life, Death, and the After.’ His ArtDrop for the exhibition, ‘Wisdom Keeper,’ was originally a sketch for a painting intended for his November 2022 solo show in NYC. That painting shifted in a different direction, so he was able to jump back in and develop the image further. Depicted is an old beat-up vinyl album cover for a faux band called Wisdom Keeper. He wanted to include the roughed-up patina on the album cover to represent age as a literal indicator of the existence of life and death and their relationship. Blending the face and graphic skull r...View all