This January 2 – 31 2015 at David Lusk Gallery in Memphis artists and twin brothers Jerry Lynn & Terry Lynn exhibit new paintings, drawings and mixed media works that express poetic scenes of the rural south. This will be the first exhibition where the two put aside their trademark collaborative efforts (as TWIN) and explore their own personal creative identities.
Growing up in a tight-knit family it was only natural that relatives told stories to the brothers about growing up in rural communities across the Southeastern US. Those memories and reflections have become the brothers’ visual vocabulary. Their historically narrative paintings depict an unidentifiable time period in black family life; fields, churches, blues music and family gatherings.
Through choice of colors, urban marks that might be symbolic of hip hop or graffiti, and collaged items – be it cotton bolls, twill ticking, newspaper clippings or glitter — the two take historic imagery and jolt it into the current century.
The Lynn brothers hold undergraduate degrees from the University of Memphis; Jerry’s is in business administration; and Terry’s is in studio art. Jerry is currently an art instructor in the Dallas public schools. Terry is in the midst of master’s work in the department of art at the University of Mississippi. Both brothers have exhibited widely across the US and beyond.