“Metamorphoses: Ovid According to Wally Reinhardt”

Since 1984, Wally Reinhardt, who is self-taught, has devoted himself to visually interpreting the epic poem “Metamorphoses,” a chronicle of the history of the world written by the First-Century Roman author, Ovid. Reinhardt began his project upon his return to New York from an extended stay in Rome, where he’d encountered numerous Renaissance and Baroque artworks based on Ovid’s writing. Rendered variously in colored pencil, gouache and watercolor, Reinhardt’s images follow Ovid’s text in a style that merges classicism with funky, outsider-artist panache.