Artist Statement

My sculptural practice engages traditional sculptural forms to explore cultural questions that keep coming into my mind. I generally find myself fusing some contemporary material, found object or other element into classical representational contexts. For the last five years my work has centered on the human head/bust, sculpted in clay then glaze fired, situating the works in both sculptural and ceramic traditions. These works engage the Time-Space theme through their blend of classical forms with contemporary emotional resonance and real, current-day people. The bust figure, Askance, wears a meaning-laden sidelong glance and a down sweater.

Artist Bio

Bob was born in Oakland, CA and lives and has his studio in Rye, NY . His work has been exhibited in solo shows in Santa Fe (Jane Sauer Gallery) and New York (Lower East Side-Dacia Gallery and Bushwick- Anthony Philip Fine Art) as well as group shows in Paris, Hong Kong, Italy and throughout the U.S. His sculptures are in permanent collections of the Burchfield-Penney museum in Buffalo, NY and Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia in Italy. The work has been reviewed in numerous art publications including Hyperallergic and featured in the NY Times, Wall St Journal and other national media. Bob spent 8 years in formal study of sculpture, centering on his years at the Art Students League of New York. He is a resident artist member of Salmagundi Club, NYC and an associate artist at Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY.