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Reginald K. GeeFRUGALNOMICS Signed Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag, Interior Portrait, Math, Bicycle1997
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FRUGALNOMICS is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee is known for his Visionary Art filled with comical, expressive faces, figures, and colorful, surreal landscapes and seascapes. He is of African and Native American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent.
FRUGALNOMICS is an simple geometric interior scene depicting a single blue headed figure dressed in white standing in the green foreground pointing towards a white panel displaying some obtuse black math calculation markings. A small orange bicycle is visible to the right, dark grey walls open in the center suggesting outside space or landscape in the distance. (maybe the calculations written down are being pushed right out the window!?) Fascinating and witty, Reggie Gee's imagination is truly unique!
FRUGALNOMICS is in excellent condition, UV protection archival framing, natural wood dark grey finish frame.
Drawing size - 16.75 x 11.75 in., signed on reverse by the artist Reggie K. Gee., one of a kind original oil pastel drawing
Frame size - 23 x 17.75 in
Year - 1997
According to Contemporary American folk art: the Balsley Collection: “His paintings are figurative, abstract, surreal and narrative; they express, through the use of uninhibited color, the artist's views of contemporary society.” In this book, Gee is quoted as saying, “A good piece of art is like a splendid city. It will continually offer and you hardly receive the entirety." Upscale Magazine featured Gee in its April 2010 issue, “A Man Apart. Reginald Gee Draws Inspiration From The Human Experience.”
Reginald K Gee was born in 1964 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and spent most of his childhood on the northwest side in the Havenwoods neighborhood. Gee is of African and Native-American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent. The youngest of three siblings. Gee's parents were from Mississippi, where his mother's family worked as sharecroppers. Gee's father, Hamilton R. Gee, was a World War II veteran who came to Milwaukee in the 1950s to work for International Harvester. Gee's mother, Ethel L. Gardner Gee, was a seamstress who retired from American Motors Corporation. Early in life, Gee exhibited his artistic talent at Byron Kilbourn Elementary School.
Gee's professional art debut occurred February 1988 during an exhibition at the Dean Jensen Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Gee's subject matter includes jazz musicians, surreal landscapes, seascapes, romance, fantasy and social commentary. During the early 1990s, Gee's art was shown at the Baltimore Folk & Visionary Art Show, the New York Outsider Art Fair and the National Black Fine Art Show at the Puck Building in New York City. In 2002, two of Gee's paintings, “The Honest Crowd” and “Inspiration” were selected for the 2002 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, “In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”[3] Another Gee painting, “Nationwide Tobacco Ban, © 1998,” was chosen for a campaign against smoking sponsored by the American Lung Association.
In an August 11, 1999 interview with the Milwaukee Journal's art critic, James Auer, Gee talks about what inspires him to create: “The Visual Arts. Artist listens to his life’s calling.” During this interview, Gee speaks about the spiritual prophecy that had him move to San Francisco, start a ministry among the homeless and pursue the art career he started in Milwaukee. According to Contemporary American folk art: the Balsley Collection: “His paintings are figurative, abstract, surreal and narrative; they express, through the use of uninhibited color, the artist's views of contemporary society.” In this book, Gee is quoted as saying, “A good piece of art is like a splendid city. It will continually offer and you hardly receive the entirety." Upscale Magazine featured Gee in its April 2010 issue, “A Man Apart. Reginald Gee Draws Inspiration From The Human Experience.”
During a 2010–2015 hiatus from painting, Gee wrote two books: Concision Moments, a fictional culture wars novel, Tate Publishing & Enterprises ISBN 1633674452 and A Drastic Observation: Salvation – Ours to Keep or Lose, a non-fictional trio of essays confronting religious spirits.
Reginald K. Gee has 4 degrees from Agape Love Bible College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: In 2017, a Bachelor in Theology; in 2018, a Master in Christian Counseling; in 2019, a Doctorate in Theology; in 2020, a Doctorate in Divinity.
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- Creator:Reginald K. Gee (1964, American)
- Creation Year:1997
- Dimensions:Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 17.75 in (45.09 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Excellent condition, archival framing, small scratches on frame, signed on reverse by the artist Reggie K. Gee., one of a kind original drawing.
- Gallery Location:Union City, NJ
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU83234568051
Reginald K. Gee
Reginald K. Gee, a contemporary artist of African American and Native American heritage, is known for his visionary Neo-Expressionist art. Some of the themes explored by this artist include playful musicians, surreal landscapes and seascapes, mystical dreams and fantastic visions.
Gee, born in Milwaukee in 1964, is emerging as a national tour de force on the contemporary art scene. He is a self-taught artist and writer, and his interpretation of subject matter is unique, inventive and illustrates his command of expression in form, color and language. The artist incorporates his own visionary images, symbols, and numerology into his work.
Gee's paintings are figurative, abstract and narrative, expressing through the use of uninhibited color the artist's views of contemporary society. When asked how he learned about art, Gee replied, "I didn't. I still haven't learned. You just do it.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes Gee's art as "tribal art derived from pop culture and art magazines.”
In recent years, Gee has participated in dozens of shows including "Soul of Black Folk" and the "Chicago Black Art Expo." Gee is influenced by Picasso, de Kooning, Francis Bacon, Jean Michel Basquiat and David Salle. He currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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