January 4, 2004: Headlines: COS - Peru: Art: Egallery: Folk Art Paintings by Peru RPCV Robert Roberg
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January 4, 2004: Headlines: COS - Peru: Art: Egallery: Folk Art Paintings by Peru RPCV Robert Roberg
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Folk Art Paintings by Peru RPCV Robert Roberg
Folk Art Paintings by Peru RPCV Robert Roberg
Paintings by Robert Roberg
Dedicated pacifist and Street Minister Robert Roberg started painting as a means of witnessing to bystanders. Untrained and self taught, Roberg's work has been featured in Chuck Rosenak's Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Folk Art and Artists, and in Folk Art Messenger magazine. Select the image at the left to go directly to his paintings.
Roberg was born in Spokane Washington in 1943. He has been a world traveler and came to the attention of the art world in his late 40s. He describes his art as "Apocalyptic" for he feels the judgment Day is near. Many of his themes cry out for a return to God. He is strongly against all uses of alcohol and describes himself as a non-violent peacemaker.
Roberg's paintings are on found materials, and found objects are often applied to the work to help the viewer focus on the message which is printed in bold letters on the surface. "My greatest fear is that I will start believing I'm an artist," he has often said.
Roberg's work was chosen for the "Treasures to Go" exhibition of Contemporary Folk Art: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which showcases self-taught artists of the past 40 years. "Treasures to Go" features eight thematic exhibitions of paintings and scultures that will present over 500 of the Smithsonian's finest works at more than 70 American Museums through the year 2002.
Select the image above or click here to go directly to the artist's paintings.
Listed In
Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, Chuck Rosenak, Abbeville Pres, NY 1995
Twentieth Century American Folk, Self-Taught, and Outsider Art, Sellen & Johanson, Neal Schuman Pub. NY 1993
Recent Exhibits
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center Pittsburgh, PA, January 2003
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Fort Wayne, IN, September 2002
Folk Art From the City of Orlando curated by Frank Holt, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo Florida, May 2002
Point of View: American Folk Art from the William and Ann Oppenhimer Collection,Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, FL, April-May , 2002
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Artt, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA, February 2002
Apocalypse: Prophecies and Visions curated by Amy Worthen, DesMoines Art Center, DesMoines, Iowa, November 2001
Exhibits
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami FL, January 2001
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma, WA, April 2001
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Jacksonville, FL, October 2001
Point of View: American Folk Art from the William and Ann Oppenhimer Collection, Marsh Art Gallery, George M. Modlin Center for the Arts, University of Richmond, Richmond VA, October , 2001
Saving Grace curated by Gary Monroe, Thomas Center Gainesville FL, December 2001
Smithsonian Treasures to Go Contemporary American Folk Art, Tampa Museum of Art Tampa, FL 2000
Vision and Community: Three Grassroots Artists curated by Rima Jabbour Crealde School of Art Orlando FL 2000
CyberArt Sarasota's First Digital Art Show, Sarasota FL 1996
Contemporary Folk Art a View from the Outside curated by Suzanne Shawe, Boca Raton FL 1995
The Passionate Eye curated by Claudia Sabin, Orlando FL 1994
Museum Purchases
Mennello Folk Art Museum Orlando Florida 1 painting
The Smithsonian Institute Washington D.C. 2 paintings
Publications
Revelations: Art of the Apocalyspe, Nancy Grubb, Abbeville Press, NY, 1997, five paintings
Unlocking the Mysteries, Samuel Parvin, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 1999, two paintings
How Bad was Jezebel? Janet Howe Gaines, Bible Review, Washington D.C. 2000, one painting
Quotes
Art and Antiques March 92 "Roberg is on the brink of national celebrity" Robert Hicks
Chuck Rosenak the editor of the New York Museum of Folk Art's encyclopedia:
"This is a very rare and unusual talent...what you are going to find is that Robert Roberg becomes a star attraction."
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