Kevin Reay is an expatriate conceptual artist from Northern England. His work recontextualizes the vocabulary of British pop-culture and contemporary art into the American landscape. Having studied painting at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, Reay took what he learned to the Philadelphia, challenging his own cultural heritage and bringing new perspective to the city’s often parochial world-view. This new work, based on an early photo sculpture by British art duo Gilbert and George, will discuss issues of cultural identity, class struggle, and ingrained behavior.

Reay is also co-founder and co-curator of currently address-less Pogo Gallery, which most recently presented a multi-venue exhibition of work by young artists, New Hormones.