Artists Biography and Statement
BIOGRAPHYBORN LONDON ENGLAND
TRAINED
BECKENHAM SCHOOL OF ART
RAVENSBOURNE COLLEGE OF ART (PAINTING) B.A.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART (FILM) M.A.
LECTURED
MAIDSTONE COLLEGE OF ART
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
LIVED
SOUTH LONDON
KENT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WEST LONDON
SOUTH LONDON
BRISTOL
CORNWALL
STATEMENT
Robert but has been resident in Cornwall for the past seven years, (where he is well known for his large ‘Bombus Bee’ sculpture at the Eden Project., and for his pyrotechnical fire sculptures on Bodmin Moor), amongst his more. permanent works.
He has exhibited widely and has work in public and private collections in England and America..
Robert work tends to follow groups of ideas in series’ in both 2D and 3D.
To quote Charles Jencks on Post Modernism. ...... (contemporary) “artists want to know how to represent variety with integrity. One strategy is to choose the right style for the job. A case of serial revivalism.A further tactic is to provide heterogenous materials and shapes in a language which is fresh and enigmatic.“
Much of Roberts work can be treated either as single pieces or can be grouped together to form larger 2D or 3D progressions / installations.
Ideas come from a wide variety of sources, and include :- psychotherapeutic concepts ( the artist practised as a therapist for several years). The culture and climate of the time. Physical experiments with matter and things... everything from fire to paint to objects to past and present aesthetics and styles. People and other species, synthetic and natural worlds.All materials are potential sculpture , they are dealt with in an non-hierarchical way.