Rob Trains, born Robert Cole Gill, Jr., is a modern contemporary artist from New York. In his career, Trains has influenced modern art in several ways. He worked for Andy Warhol in 1966, and was one of the first projectionists for the film "Empire." Upon changing the order of the sequences: day with night, and the film's speeds, it later became Warhol's preferred mode of screening the film and significantly influenced further viewings of the film. After he moved to San Francisco Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love from 1967 to 1989 he was a founding member of several artists cooperatives, like Project One artists studios, Quintara Street studios, and Beef Gallery which influenced and contributed to the alternative culture, like the hippie subculture of San Francisco. Staying non-commercial and non-profit, he curated hundreds of exhibits for independent artists. Rob Trains' work is also featured in the cult classic film, So I Married an Axe Murderer. He has exhibited at notable locations, such as the CBGB's 313 Gallery in New York.
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