Robert Gregson
C W O S ARTIST
Primary Medium: Installation
Other media: Sculpture, Mixed media
Erector Square
Email: bgregson (at) optonline (dot) net
Website: http://www.bobgregson.com
Artist Statement
My work is a social activity. It exists in the ambiguous territory between artist and audience. The pieces are invitations that provide permission to be involved. They are not only about me and more about us. For me, the act of creation is a balancing act between autonomy and connectedness. Like a performance, I like the idea that the work is never actually completed but continually reinterpreted and refreshed through those who encounter it.
Other media: Sculpture, Mixed media
Erector Square
Email: bgregson (at) optonline (dot) net
Website: http://www.bobgregson.com
Artist Statement
My work is a social activity. It exists in the ambiguous territory between artist and audience. The pieces are invitations that provide permission to be involved. They are not only about me and more about us. For me, the act of creation is a balancing act between autonomy and connectedness. Like a performance, I like the idea that the work is never actually completed but continually reinterpreted and refreshed through those who encounter it.
Selected Works
|  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24"  Untitled - 2011 - Pencil on Paper - 18" x 24" |
Artist Bio
Robert Gregson received a B.F.A. from the Hartford Art School and an M.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago. Early in his career he worked at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York where he installed exhibits by Josef Albers, Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, Marisol and others. He has exhibited in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. as well as his home state of Connecticut. He has been the artistic director for hundreds of public events which he calls “situations” – mixing public participation with large scale inflatable sculptures, scaffolding mazes and theatrical lighting. In recent years he has focused on intimate works that challenge the boundaries between artist and viewer. As a teacher he directed the art classes at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, taught at the Young Artists Studio in Chicago, the University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University and the University of Hartford. He has lectured at Yale University as well as a being a keynote speaker at many conferences including First Night International. Bob is the author and illustrator of several books and has presented numerous workshops dealing with art and participation.
You can see his work and list of exhibitions at www.bobgregson.com