Regan's Exhibition, Of Gorse of Course. Pictured: Live Fence, 2007


Regan Gentry

Gorse artist

Regan Gentry

 

 

Q & A

How would your mother describe you? He's lovely, a hard worker.

What's your principal defect? smelly feet

 If you were a cooked meal what would you be? Baked human

 What's your favourite foreign word? Why? Unsure if it's my favourite but i currently like 'furze', it means gorse in some language, just coz it is such an ironic sound/ conjured image, gorse is not furry!

 What do you have at your bedside table?Currently a pile of papers that are the district plan for wellington, dirty dishes and dust

Finish this sentence - New Zealand is a land with too few...art patrons

Describe your creative side? Enquiring, keen for a challenge, easily amused but not easily satified.

How do you overcome a creative block?I don't really have them. Reading fiction is good. if i am unsure of an idea tho i just sit on it for a while and let it mature in my mind until it is ready to be made.

Do you have a muse? no, but i am amusing.

What's the last exhibition that really made an impression on you? Rebecca Horn in DPAG. Technically awesome, beautiful, graceful and very obvious she had rich parents and friends with money.

When do you feel most inspired?  When I'm belting down a hill on my bike, thinking about the next idea/proposal.

Describe a fashion trend/new age fad that you have fallen victim to? I'm not personally objective enough to answer this correctly but maybe sporting a mullet more often than not is the only thing i can come up with. I care little for trends and fads.

What is a question you would like to be asked? How much would you like for the whole show!?