A R T I S T ' S   S T A T E M E N T

Skin, flesh, fragile tissue... the shell of human form. Inside inhabits a soul and personality. Outside of the shell, exist many absurd influences from societies' masses, which we in our individual skins consciously and subconsciously respond to.

My work mirrors individuals’ private moments of introspection. I find myself compelled to capture the moments when a strong desire and need to feel comfortable in one's own skin are present. Similarly, I want to capture a person’s attempt at reconnecting or discovering some form of greater magic (conventionally speaking, God)  and the candid instant when a person reveals how far he or she feels from that magic.

In my most recent series, I explore the pervasive influence of commercialism on an individual's psychology. To elicit a reaction beyond the status quo, I chose to implement advertising trends that will potentially appear in the near future. This work which features various corporate logos, was not intentionally created for a company's commercial purposes, but instead to permit mutual exploitation by allowing the display of the company’s logo on my paintings. The aim of the series is to prompt reflection and introspection by the viewer of the psychological violations and absurdness of most advertising.


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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS



PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

1964    Los Angeles, CA.

1996    BA, Antioch University (Psychology)

2011    Illegal Tender,Compound Projects, Mailbu, CA.
2008    Street/Lights, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004    Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2002    Recent Paintings, Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles, CA.

2011    anthro[physis], Rivera Gallery, West Hollywood, CA.
2011     Ward of the State;Tony Ward Artists' Muse , Rivera Gallery, West Hollywood, CA.
2010     Faces;Dead and Alive, Compoundproject, Malibu, CA.
2009    Gallery Stable, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007    The Last Seduction. A Welcome Surrender to Beauty,
            Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004    Stop & Stor: The New Paintings, Luxe Gallery, New York,
            NY
2004    Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2004    L.A. Nude 9, Photo Impact, Los Angeles, CA.
2002    Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1999    Color of Beauty, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.

2011    VIZOR , Robert Standish, p. 89-98.
2009    Poets and Artists O&S, Robert Standish
             Didi Menedez, p. 44-55, plus cover & back cover
2009    ARTE AL LIMITE, Robert Standish, Lo Que Esta en Venta
            (What There Is For Sale) Marcela Guzman, p.32-39, 136-
            137.
2008    CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Older ways of painting get their due in
            series. Alan G Artner, November 14 2008
2008    ART SLANT, Bright Lights, Big City, Abraham Ritchie,
            December 1
2008    (CATALOGUE) Robert Standish; street/lights.
            Essay by Christopher Miles. Forward by Annie Buckley
2008    (CATALOGUE) Robert Standish; Bathers. Essay by
            Kathryn Hixson. Forward by Louis k. Meisel
2008    FLAUNT MAGAZINE, (Cover Art), Issue #98
2008    FLAUNT MAGAZINE, Robert Standish, Violations of Sight.
            The promise of the (Un) Real p.90-93. issue #98
2008    JUXTAPOZ, Los Angeles -bred photorealist Robert
            Standish manipulates reality with the strokes of his brush.
            March, Matthew Newton p. 112-122
2007    (BOOK) Collectors' Odyssey, Susan and Lew
            Manilow, p. 274, 357, 366.
2007    (CATALOGUE) The Last Seduction. A Welcome Surrender to
            Beauty, Carrie Secrist, Dave Hickey
2004    ARTNET, Luminous Vision, September 21
2002    FLASH ART MAGAZINE, Reviews, Clayton Cambell,
            July/September, p. 120
2002    ANGELENO, Independent Study, July/August, p. 148-149

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
JPMorgan Chase, New York
Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation

Lewis & Susan Manilow, Chicago
Larry Fields, Chicago
Alan Turner, Chicago
Howard Tullman, Chicago
Louis K. Meisel, New York



 L I N K S

• The Howard Tullman Collection
• HowardTullman.com

• LACMA Collection
• Carrie Secrist Gallery		 • Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation

 

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