REVERSE & REFLECTION

In Reverse & Reflection, Chris Hood and Devin Farrand engage in a dialogue about perception, materiality, and the shifting boundaries between image and object. Through distinct yet complementary approaches, their work challenges the way we engage with surfaces—whether through the ghostly presence of Hood’s paintings or the reflective distortions of Farrand’s sculptures. Chris Hood’s signature technique of painting on the reverse side of the canvas results in compositions that feel ephemeral, as if emerging from the fabric itself. His work draws from digital aesthetics and collective memory, exploring how images degrade, evolve, and persist over time. The result is a visual language that hovers between abstraction and figuration, between presence and absence. In contrast, Devin Farrand employs industrial materials such as metal and marble to create sculptural works where reflection and surface manipulation become central to the viewer’s experience. His meticulously crafted pieces interact with their surroundings, absorbing and refracting the space and bodies around them. Through the interplay of light and material, Farrand disrupts the solidity of his chosen mediums, rendering them both weightless and elusive. Together, Hood and Farrand present a meditation on the instability of perception. One filters imagery through the canvas, letting it bleed and dissolve, while the other captures and fragments it through polished surfaces. In Reverse & Reflection, visibility becomes a question rather than an assertion—challenging us to look beyond the immediate and reconsider what is revealed, obscured, or simply reflected back at us.