Whitespace presents Regan Gentry

Whitespace presents

REGAN GENTRY

at 30 Upstairs
[An art project space]

Opening | Thursday 19 July | 2012

6 - 8pm | 30 Courtenay Place | Wellington

Regan Gentry could be considered a genuine conglomeration of engineer and artist. Graduating from the Otago Polytechnic in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Regan has effectively bridged the gap between what it means to be an artist working in the public sector, and the public's acceptance of that work; Regan's work consists of a seamless integration of art and space.

A large number of Gentry's realised work has been of a public art nature, with the major example being Green Islands, the inaugural Four Plinths commission on the fringes of the Te Papa Tongarewa forecourt. Other public works of note include ArrRghT, Near Nowhere, Near Impossible, which was the result of Gentry's residency at the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui, Flour Power situated in Stewart Plaza in Christchurch and Subject to Change, "a slice of a building left behind by developers" in Wellington.

30 Upstairs [An art project space]
30 Courtenay Place, Wellington, New Zealand

One of the McCahon residency winners for 2012 Regan Gentry brings his sense of humour and love of the absurd to this show at 30Upstairs. Using a wide range of materials and situations his work is characterised by a playful musing and using of material, language, location and structure.

The interplay of people and place, local history and situational relevance, often inform his conceptual decisions.

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