Keyword: New York
Pagan Martyr
This forlorn giantess is reminiscent of Goya’s sad giant at the end of time, cut off from the last remnants of humanity. Robert loved symmetry, but often used it in an ironic manner, as here, the cool geometry of the building and composition contrasting with a distraught display of emotion.
Study for Roller Coaster 1
Robert was fascinated by New York city, a place he recognized as capital of the international art world. New York reflected much of the promise and excess of America. On Robert’s first trip there, with classmates from NSCAD, he spent
Gargoyle Study for Shifting Weather
The incongruous gargoyle in a train station turns New York into Gotham City, a modern but edgy metropolis whose mixed signals and confusing signs channel energy in unexpected directions. The gargoyle may be based on a figure from the Trinity Building
Study for Rollercoaster 2
New York is conceived as a roller coaster through a minefield of advertisements. This second collage study for Rollercoaster (America as a place of hyper reality) shows a close-up of the grid structure that supports the twisting Coney Island thrill