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Reggie Burrows Hodges: A Theater of Passions

For his first solo museum presentation in his hometown of Los Angeles, Reggie highlights the drama and theatricality behind 17th-century Italian paintings from Getty’s collection

Two silhouettes, one taller one shorter, stand against and red and black background resembling a stage.
“The System of Shannon’s Discontent 3,” 2023, Reggie Burrows Hodges. Acrylic and pastel on linen, 66 × 101 in. (167.6 × 256.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Karma © Reggie Burrows Hodges [on view at the Getty Museum for "Reggie Burrows Hodges: A Theater of Passions"]

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