Robert Singer
Biography
Robert Singer (b. 1964) is from Omaha, Nebraska and attended the University of Iowa where he studied history and studio art. He has a Master’s Degree in Modern Art History; Theory and Criticism from Azusa Pacific University. His work is on permanent display at Arya in Atlanta, Georgia, Norton Neuroscience Center in Louisville, Kentucky and Neurosurgery of South Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas.
Additionally, he has shown work at The Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College and La La Land Gallery in Los Angeles. He is active in the Hamptons art community having worked at The Dan Flavin Art Institute (Bridgehampton), Guild Hall (East Hampton) The Pollock Krasner House and Study Center in Springs, NY where he has contributed to many development and site preservation projects.Since 2002, he has served as President and Director of Design for Waterstone Guitar Company which specializes in unique and custom built effects, pickups and instruments.
He is a neurosurgeon specializing in neurovascular and neuro-oncological surgery.
He received his medical degree at the University of Nebraska and neurosurgical training at Vanderbilt University. He completed fellowships in Interventional Neuroradiology (Stanford University) and Cerebrovascular Surgery (Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School). He also completed the Master of Healthcare Delivery Science (MHCDS) program at Dartmouth College in 2016. Currently, he lives in Southampton, NY.
Please check out Robert’s latest interview in Contemporary Art Collectors Online here.
Statement:
I appreciate the documentation and fragmenting of physical forms as seen through the evolution of modernism. Reproducing or visually interpreting a tangible environment is an interest as long as it participates in the reprocessing of thought and perspective. Driven by the language of color, balance, line and the tension or release that can be imposed by them, I try to create visual synergy and perspective. The perpetual search for a conceptual dialogue is a motivating challenge that drives my interests and orients my artistic encounters. I grew up around modern and contemporary art of the 60’s and 70’s. It was an alternative to conventional creative processes and blended well with my interest in jazz and the progressive music of that period. When punk emerged, my sonic interests shifted dramatically which further emboldened my investigations into contemporary painting and sculpture. Of particular interest is geometric abstraction and how its integration into the natural environment informs something that I consider to be beautiful and necessary. Likewise, my approach to painting is grounded in formalism and establishing what is possible with what is available using limitations and constraint as an inspiration for self exploration and creation. I prefer to use linear elements as a framework for departure while tempting the abstraction of chaotic forms.