ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HALLUCINATIONS EAST Paintings by ROB REGER
HAROLD GOLEN GALLERY presents ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HALLUCINATIONS EAST Paintings by: ROB REGER  JANUARY 14TH - FEBRUARY 11TH Opening Night Reception: JANUARY 14th, 2pm - 11pm HAROLD GOLEN GALLERY 2294 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, Fl 33127 305-989-3359 WYNWOOD ART DISTRICT About Rob Reger... ROB REGER:
Mixing clean design with a pop culture neo-surrealist sensibility, the concept for Rob Reger's "The Encyclopedia of Hallucinations" has its roots in Reger's childhood camping trips when his father taught him to draw forms from a squiggle with a stick in dirt. The future artist and his father drew mainly faces, animals, and monsters and then created narratives from these figures. As a result, Reger learned to experience pareidolia, to 'find things in other things,' a concept that is still with him to this day. "The Encyclopedia of Hallucinations" gives the viewer a glimpse into this visual and psychological practice that has become second nature in Reger's own visions. Imagination is Rob's inspiration, and though his suggestive abstract forms, Reger gives his viewers the freedom them to find their own visions. States the artist: "Looking back, I see this early experience as shaping my fascination with suggesting recognizable forms in abstract work and the tendency to personify forms and 'find' figures within general chaos. I inspire others, through specific forms that suggest forms, to use their imagination to find their own forms." Reger's art aesthetic and his design house, Cosmic Debris, grew from a tangle of roots joining the DIY punk scene of the '80s with guerilla art, surrealism, and the psychedelic explosion of the '60s. As the founder, Creative Director, and President of Cosmic Debris, Reger introduced the world to Emily the Strange ?an icon of empowerment for young alternative girls and outsiders of all ages. Like the little black-haired muse herself, Reger fuels his imagination with music, the natural environment, science and the artistic explorations of his friends and other inspiring figures. Reger received a BFA from University of California, Santa Cruz and a MFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute. His oil paintings, printmaking, watercolors, and collage have exhibited in galleries around the world, including: Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Berlin, Milan, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Santa Cruz. 
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