All Things You See

Participating Artists: Eric Green and Renee Rogan

Exhibition Dates: January 23 – March 1, 2024

Location: PASC, 9301 Kercheval Ave, STE 2, Detroit, MI, 48214

PASC Detroit Gallery Hours: Th, Fr, & Sa, 12– 5 pm and by appointment

Curated by Anthony Marcellini

In the exhibition All Things You See two PASC artists, Eric Green and Renee Rogan represent two approaches to expressive representation. Eric’s style is defined by vibrant and at times even violent linework, with fields of feverishly scribbled colors in colored pencil and wax pastel. He depicts scenes featuring people, animals, objects and architecture, as poetic narratives, whose lengthy titles are as evocative as his artworks, such as “All Day Living Colorful Arts Pictures of The History”, or “The Windows Buildings of The United States, or “The Dog House and Clouds and Rain Drops”. Sometimes these titles function almost like Zen Koans, statements that are also questions, which seem to strip existence down to its true nature, like Eric’s name for the artwork used as the title for this exhibition.

Renee’s artwork feature scenes of figures interacting with objects, presented as geometric designs reminiscent of expressionistic MC Esher like tesseracts or other four-dimensional forms. These figures are presented in bold and contrasting colors, using a range of media often mixed together a combination of acrylic, watercolor, markers and paint marker.

This is the first two person exhibition for both of these artists who work out of two different studios, showing a wide range of their artworks together. It presents a unique opportunity to place their artwork in conversation and witness how their style has grown strong over the last two years.  

Eric is a Detroit based artist who works out of the PASC Detroit Studio. He has been participating in PASC since the program started January 2021. His artwork has been shown at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI (2024); PASC Detroit Pop-Up Gallery, Detroit, MI (2022); PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI (2021); and The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI (2021). 

Renee is a Dearborn based artist who works out of the PASC Southgate studio. She has been participating in PASC since 2021. Renee has exhibited at BasBlue, Detroit, MI (2024); PASC at the Belt Gallery, Detroit, MI (2023); Reyes|Finn Gallery, Detroit, MI (2023); PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI (2022), Detroit Repertory theatre, Detroit, MI (2022); The Art Gallery at City Hall, Westland, MI, (2022), and the PASC Detroit Pop-Up Gallery, Detroit, MI (2022). And her artwork is in the permanent collection of the Cranbrook Art Museum.

Launched in 2021, PASC is the first progressive art and design studio and exhibition program in Detroit and Wayne County dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance artistic practices and build individual careers in the art and design fields. PASC is a program of Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), a non-profit service organization founded in 1972 that provides services and support for more than 1,400 individuals with disabilities and mental health differences across Southeastern Michigan.