Reginald Sylvester II at Library Street Collective

Reginald Sylvester II
at The Shepherd

ARTIST NEWS

February 2026

Reginald Sylvester II is included in A Meadow in the Clouds, curated by Allison Glenn at the Shepherd, Detroit, presented by Library Street Collective.

The exhibition brings together nine contemporary artists who, by leaning into subtleties, double entendre and mixed messaging, deliberately veil, disguise or distort, questioning how materials hold meaning and what happens to that meaning when the material is transformed.

Sylvester presents two works, including Payne’s Offering (2025), an acrylic on rubber painting named in reference to the cool blue-grey hue created in the late nineteenth century by William Payne as a shade for atmospheric conditions. In the work, Sylvester cuts an aperture into the painted rubber surface, offering a vantage beyond the material itself.

With works by Nina Chanel Abney, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Anthony Akinbola, Amna Asghar, Sadie Barnette, Elliot Bergman, Beverly Fishman and Qualeasha Wood.

On view through April 18, 2026.

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