Damon REINAGLE
HALLUCINATIONS
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July 13 - August 8, 2020
TAG Gallery is proud to present Hallucinations, a solo exhibition of works by painter Damon Reinagle. The gallery will retain its normal business hours of 11 AM - 5 PM and the exhibition will run July 13 - August 8. Due to the ongoing pandemic, no reception will be held. To schedule a private appointment please email gallery@taggallery.net.
In recent years Reinagle has shifted his focus to paintings of endangered species as his subject matter, utilizing large stencils of his own creation. Often embedded over free flowing abstract colors, Reinagle depictions signal for humanity to beware of the plight of endangered animals and our effects on their ecosystems and communities. In search for personal artistic identity, Reinagle is constantly exploring avenues of the unexpected, whether that might be techniques, materials, or subject matter. To this end the artist often uses his practice to blur the line between fantasy and reality, the recognizable and unrecognizable via the use of shape, color, and pattern. In this endeavor, Reinagle encourages his viewers to escape into their own dream-like existence.
Most recently, with the outbreak of COVID 19, Reinagle has turned more to his drawing roots. Creating my own surreal worlds as a coping mechanism has been my push with these “Hallucinations”. “Creating universal imagery that others can identify with during these times is my visual mission. Utilizing colored pencils and paint, my images of human heads inhabiting a sea of invasive, yet, somehow surreally floating bubbles, invite the viewer to question their own vulnerability in these crazy times! The inhabitants of these infected worlds co-exist, much as we do with the intrusive virus that threatens.”
