Writing about the body of work from "Total Liberation of the Unconcious," Reynolds explains:
I have always been fascinated with classical art forms. So, choosing an Apollo head as my base element came naturally. Molding the heads in poured concrete gives me the flexibility of adding lots of other elements such as glass, metal shavings, nails, etc. Also, I can achieve varying colorations with oxidized iron and copper as paint. In this case, the only value of the classic form is its familiarity, but the true artistic statement comes from the 'found' objects embedded in them. By adding two pitchforks, for example, I feel the eroded value of the Statue of Liberty; or one potato fork, a character from Fellini's [film] "Satyricon"; or by adding rollers and a seed-planting funnel, I am reminded of the smog in L.A. They become my expressions of fantasy characters, each with a personality all its own.
A central figure in Columbus's LGBTQ history, Corbett Reynolds (1944 - 2002) was a protean artist and impresario, whose work included painting, sculpture, and participatory installations -- in addition to the lavish parties he organized at his nightclub Rudely Elegant.
Inspired by the resourcefulness and playful irreverence of the early-twentieth-century Dada movement, Reynold collected and re-used found materials in many of his artistic endeavors. For his 1988 one-person exhibition, "Total Liberation of the Unconscious," he presented an array of cast cement heads, adding bits of metal and junkyard scrap.