Rehgan De Mather
- Death Metal (evolution and afterthoughts)
“Rehgan De Mather’s paintings replicate the traces of industry, and the cryptograms of graffiti, on walls of contemporary spaces. They flash with comic book exclamations, bleed with paint scrawled behind alleyways, and are seared by an essence of New York grit.”
- David O’Halloran, Curator, Glen Eira City Gallery
“Much like a musical sample or patchwork fabric, I reuse and recycle previous works and canvas, cutting them up and casting them amongst new landscapes. I refer to these as “contemporary leftovers”, a collection of disjointed stories, themes and ideas sewn together across time and space.
This process is as much about building a personal iconography as it is putting together the pieces of a puzzle. Driven by a desire to create, construct and connect; collage and assemblage allow me join the dots between past work and new ideas.”
- Rehgan de Mather
Rehgan was born in Adelaide, grew up in Sale and is currently living and working in Melbourne.
Check out his work in the Sweet Streets Award Exhibition: 8-24th October 2010.