Today we’d like to introduce you to Bob Oppenheim.
Bob, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
As a child, listening to radio shows like Sky King, The Shadow, Straight Arrow and The Green Hornet inspired my imagination and hands to become actively engaged in the daily practice of drawing. During the emergence of television I observed that the radio experience had created a world with more inventive imagery then the uninspiring tableaus presented on early TV. I was hooked on producing imagery which responded to the world. So, I applied to one college, RISD.
Since that time I have pursued a career as a painter, educator, gallery director and curator. My current status as an Emeritus Professor gives me the freedom to fully engage in my studio practice.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
In 2003 I began a series that introduced sewing into my studio practice, a process that acted as a metaphor for loss and served as the perfect vehicle for conveying a feeling of transience, instability and uncertainty. My threads were left dangling….at loose ends. I continued to use a mixed media approach which incorporates sewing in my painting. In my recent solo exhibit “SPLITZ” (10/17) at the Howard Yezerski Gallery, where I exhibited the most reductive body of work that produced in many years. My restrained approach stemmed from a desire to create contemplative but playful images in a time of chaos. These paintings combine Flashe, thread and canvas on panel.
How can artists connect with other artists?
Many artists who graduate from art school find that they are isolated from a community experience they have become used to. . For artists who work collaboratively, this is not much of an issue but for those who work in isolation it can be devastating.
Obviously, not all artists have the same needs but for those who do want more interaction, finding crit groups, meeting other artists at openings, having an open studio, presuming you are lucky enough to have one, and asking for a studio visits to get feedback on the work are possibilities.
It’s hard, but motivated artists usually find ways to connect.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Howard Yezerski Gallery 460 harrison Ave. Boston Ma. 02118 617-262-0550
howardyezerski.com
website: bobopp.com
Mass. Cultural Council website under Gallery@MCC www.massculturalcouncil.org
Studio: 450 Harrison Ave #419 Boston Ma,. 02118
Contact Info:
- Address: studio:
450 Harrison Ave. #419
Boston Ma. 02118 - Website: bobopp.com
- Email: oppart1@gmail.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.cm/boboppenheim
- Other: www.linkedin.com/in/boboppenheim
Image Credit:
Bob oppenheim
Nedret andre
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