Randy Regier MFA '07
My experience has been, over the last 10 years or so, just put it somewhere and leave it alone and let it do its own thing [...] The less I try to convince people to see my work and the less I try to convince them to expect something from it, the experience becomes more theirs. They take more ownership of it. I think there is something to be said for the feeling that you discovered something.
NuPenny’s Last Stand, an imaginary toy store by Randy Regier MFA '07, has found its way back to Maine after 12 years. Regier first conceptualized NuPenny while working towards his MFA at MECA&D and brought it to life in 2009 once awarded the Harry Faust Art Fund.
NuPenny’s Last Stand is art for art's sake, filled with handmade imaginary toys housed in a retro-futurism structure that cannot be missed. The piece stands aside the Thompson’s Point parking lot near Van Aken Way, behind all the commotion to create a sense of discovery and childlike curiosity.
Recently featured in a Portland Press Herald article by reporter Bob Keyes, Regier explains, “My experience has been, over the last 10 years or so, just put it somewhere and leave it alone and let it do its own thing [...] The less I try to convince people to see my work and the less I try to convince them to expect something from it, the experience becomes more theirs. They take more ownership of it. I think there is something to be said for the feeling that you discovered something.”
Photo: Brianna Soukup, Portland Press Herald