Rogenes, Jason
Jason Rogenes
American, (born 1971-)
About the Artist
Jason Rogenes' expanded polystyrene sculptures present provocative fodder for heady interpretation and zeitgeistian divination. Rogenes builds his work from the discarded polystyrene packing materials specially moulded to hold VCRs, televisions, computers and other similarly delicate products of our technological age. Scavenging skips outside Circuit City, The Good Guys, Al & Ed's Autosound and other fine purveyors of electronica, the artist gathers all the gleaming white, intricately indented packaging he can fit in his truck, at absolutely no cost. In the tradition of other material alchemists, such as Frank Gehry or Jessica Stockholder, Rogenes transforms these unlikely discards into works that are simultaneously ethereal and menacing, other-worldly and banal, gigantic and toy-like.
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