Robert Lawrance praise

Robert Lawrance Lobe (* 1945 in Detroit ) is an American sculptor and draftsman who lives in New York .

life and work

Robert Lobe was born in Detroit and raised in Cleveland . From 1963 to 1967 he studied sculpture at Oberlin College in Ohio . He completed postgraduate studies at Hunter College in New York in 1968.

Lobe is known for works made of aluminum. He uses a sledgehammer , pneumatic hammer , and heat to create these sculptures. The shape, material and texture of wood inspire Lobe for his work.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1981 The Americans, The Landscape Contemporary Arts Museum Houston , Texas
• 1978 Young American Artists: Exxon National Exhibition Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City
• 1977 documenta 6 , Kassel
• 1976 A Month of Sundays Institute for Art and Urban Resources, MoMA PS1 , New York City
• 1975 76 Jefferson Street Museum of Modern Art , New York City
• 1974 The Levi Strauss Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , San Francisco
• 1972 Painting and Sculpture Today: 1972 Indianapolis Museum of Art , Indianapolis , IN
• 1969 Anti Illusion: Procedures / Materials Whitney Museum of American Art , New York

Awards

• 1992 + 2003 Pollock-Krasner Foundation
• 2001 Joan Mitchell Foundation
• 1994 Prize from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
• 1993 Elizabeth Foundation
• 1985 Guggenheim Sculptor in Residence, Chesterwood, MA
• 1979 + 1984 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
• 1982 Creative Artists Public Service Award

Web links

• Robert Praise

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 3: hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel, page 328, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
2. ↑ lux art institute Robert Lobe ( Memento from December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Hyperallergic, Stephen Knudsen The Multiple Realities and Other Worlds of Art , accessed on November 27, 2014 (English).