{"id":9644,"date":"2022-05-05T20:12:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=9644"},"modified":"2022-05-10T21:09:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T01:09:44","slug":"chris-regner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/chris-regner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Regner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gmail-\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12443 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-2.jpg 683w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-5.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-8.jpg 280w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-9.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chris-Regner-Photo-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/raaaaagner\/\">Chris Regner<\/a> is an artist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He works serially, using autobiography as a jumping-off point for satire, humiliation, and explorations of the grotesque. His work tackles a variety of topics, including religious and cultish indoctrination, the effect of technology on societal discourse, how to navigate adulthood as a male with no strong role models, and stereotypical notions of masculinity that find their way into every subject he explores. Using his personal experiences as a foundation, his paintings have questioned archetypes found within these themes, all the while challenging his own values and beliefs. He positions himself as an anti-proselytizer, complicating the easy answer and presenting morally questionable individuals with the intent of causing contradictory interpretations by the viewer. Navigating this discomfort is vital when searching for a greater truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-\">Chris is a recent graduate of RISD\u2019s MFA Painting program. He is represented by Kravets Wehby Gallery. He has shown his work internationally. His work is a part of multiple private collections internationally. His work is in the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-\">He is represented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kravetswehbygallery.com\/chris-regner\">Kravets Wehby Gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12444\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12444 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm....jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-1.jpg 794w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-2.jpg 233w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-4.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-5.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-8.jpg 326w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-9.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Give-a-Boy-a-Worm...-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Give a Boy a Worm&#8230;, 2021, 45&#8243;x35&#8243;, Acrylic on canvas over panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12445\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12445 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-1.jpg 788w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-2.jpg 231w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-4.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-5.jpg 1577w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-8.jpg 323w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-9.jpg 1971w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-10.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Thats-My-Boy-No.-5-ORIGINAL-scaled-11.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s My Boy No. 5 (Father Devouring Son Devouring Son), 2020, 45&#8243;x35&#8243;, Acrylic on canvas over panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Regner is an artist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He works serially, using autobiography as a jumping-off point for satire, humiliation, and explorations of the grotesque. His work tackles a variety of topics, including religious and cultish indoctrination, the effect of technology on societal discourse, how to navigate adulthood as a male with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wybcxlogoforweb-big-1sq-e1491800568261.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9680,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9644\/revisions\/9680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}