Legislating Hate: The Destruction of Allegiances & Democracy
and other works
Kurt Reynolds
On View through July 2025
“I acknowledge my home state of Massachusetts as being a champion of free speech and assembly and as an artist citizen, I greatly value the opportunities I have had in the state of Massachusetts to use my voice, my body and my art to join in numerous actions, protests, and movements over many decades.
As a gay man, long-term HIV/AIDS survivor, and Activist Artist, I watch my country spinning towards fascism. This installation is meant to provide a visual and tactile environment for the examination of proposed anti LGBTQIA+ legislation which creates an infrastructure for the destruction of Democracy.”
“During the past few years, I had been exploring the nautical past, the maritime history and industry of Provincetown, through my assemblages. I have incorporated antique and vintage sailcloth, hand fashioned fishing line and netting, wood of various types and age, pegs, and parts from deconstructed musical instruments, together with other objects and memorabilia.”
Prior to moving to his Provincetown studio, Kurt worked in the field of human services which has informed and guided his creative process and the content of his work. Kurt has a reverence for found and acquired objects which are the language of his assemblages. His initial encounter with a broken cup, a discarded keepsake, a toy soldier, marks the beginning of a work.
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Michael Charles Stone and his mother, Lily Calderon Spitz.
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Reynolds with Legislating Hate: The Destruction of Allegiances & Democracy, Pier Gallery, Provincetown, MA 2025.