Bob Clyatt - Sculptor
Figurative Sculpture by Bob Clyatt
All my work centers on the figure-- a reflecting and radiating
source of information about our human-ness.
I draw on my training in classical figurative drawing, sculpture
and anatomy in combination with familiar, sometimes ancient
materials and sculptural techniques to create works which are
rooted in human traditions of art-making. Throughout the work
is open to a shamanistic theater of accident, randomness, mixing
media, deconstruction and any other available methods for
emerging into a contemporary voice and relevance. I think of
this fusive direction in art as New Formalism.
My 3-D work is substantially informed by other art forms
especially music which is always going in the studio or in my
head. Poetry, dance movement and philosophy shape the way I
approach sculpture, the ways I think about form and engage in
creating. Drama, painting and literature also feed into my work.
I study every sculptor's work I can find from pre-historic times to
the present.
Gandhi featured with show listing and photo of the sculpture in
New York Times, June 7, 2009.
All my work centers on the figure-- a reflecting and radiating
source of information about our human-ness.
I draw on my training in classical figurative drawing, sculpture
and anatomy in combination with familiar, sometimes ancient
materials and sculptural techniques to create works which are
rooted in human traditions of art-making. Throughout the work
is open to a shamanistic theater of accident, randomness, mixing
media, deconstruction and any other available methods for
emerging into a contemporary voice and relevance. I think of
this fusive direction in art as New Formalism.
My 3-D work is substantially informed by other art forms
especially music which is always going in the studio or in my
head. Poetry, dance movement and philosophy shape the way I
approach sculpture, the ways I think about form and engage in
creating. Drama, painting and literature also feed into my work.
I study every sculptor's work I can find from pre-historic times to
the present.
Gandhi featured with show listing and photo of the sculpture in
New York Times, June 7, 2009.
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Recent Work
All pieces on this site are available for sale unless
otherwise noted. If you are interested in possibly
acquiring a piece, please Inquire for gallery location,
pricing and production / delivery details.
All pieces on this site are available for sale unless
otherwise noted. If you are interested in possibly
acquiring a piece, please Inquire for gallery location,
pricing and production / delivery details.
| Leap Here are photos of the mold making process for this over-lifesize piece |
| All images Copyright 2005-2009 Bob Clyatt Sculpture, Inc. |
Art should be dangerous. Edward Albee
| Through July 23, Bob Clyatt New Works-- Rockwell Art Gallery, Sconset Square, Westport, CT. 8 new works in bronze, ceramic, steel and other media. Through 7-2-09, Rye Arts Center, Group Show See a video of Bob sculpting and discussing his work -5/2009 |
Land, (right) 20" high inbronze on
integral base. Inquire for enlarged
sizes. Additional view
integral base. Inquire for enlarged
sizes. Additional view
Gandhi, available alone in bronze or resin on marble
base. Additional views
base. Additional views
These four pieces are in a
show of eight new pieces of
my work at Rockwell Art
Gallery and Framing, Sconset
Square in downtown
Westport CT from April to
July 2009. In addition, a new
bronze cast of Scorpion Pose
will be on display.
show of eight new pieces of
my work at Rockwell Art
Gallery and Framing, Sconset
Square in downtown
Westport CT from April to
July 2009. In addition, a new
bronze cast of Scorpion Pose
will be on display.
Sam Torso, Green. Ceramic with glazes on
steel base. 28" tall, base is 11" x 12" x 2
steel base. 28" tall, base is 11" x 12" x 2
Float - female, (below) 22" x 10" wide.
This figure mounts directly on a wall and
appears to be floating down the wall.
Available with or without textile element.
(Alternate view,
View without textile element)
This figure mounts directly on a wall and
appears to be floating down the wall.
Available with or without textile element.
(Alternate view,
View without textile element)
Standing in the Cave, Ceramic mixed
media on steel and wood 18x26
Currrently on exhibit at Rye Arts
Center through 7/2/09 Winner of first
prize, 3D Category, 2009.
media on steel and wood 18x26
Currrently on exhibit at Rye Arts
Center through 7/2/09 Winner of first
prize, 3D Category, 2009.
Two recent portraits of kids, Declan (4 yrs)
above and Jacqueline (6 yrs) right. Porcelain
with low fire glazes. 7" H. Alternate view
above and Jacqueline (6 yrs) right. Porcelain
with low fire glazes. 7" H. Alternate view
Gandhi with TV, installation view. TV monitor
plays live cable feeds of CNN News or single channel
recorded CNN news loop. Gandhi element resin with
metal patina, 20" H on marble base and additional
chrome and steel pedestal. Monitor displays 19" HDTV.
plays live cable feeds of CNN News or single channel
recorded CNN news loop. Gandhi element resin with
metal patina, 20" H on marble base and additional
chrome and steel pedestal. Monitor displays 19" HDTV.
Lugalbanda, Above right) Glazed ceramic, 30"H on
steel and wood base with blood in painted acrylic.
Lugalbanda was a legendary Sumerian king from
present-day Iraq who made a miraculous recovery
from a coma-inducing illness.
steel and wood base with blood in painted acrylic.
Lugalbanda was a legendary Sumerian king from
present-day Iraq who made a miraculous recovery
from a coma-inducing illness.
Dance, lifesize clay for mold, being cast now into bonded
bronze. This is the finished clay with thin metal shims being
placed by my mold-maker Fiona as we get ready for the
plaster. Final piece will be ready to show in September. A
bronze version, 24" tall, is currently being cast.
bronze. This is the finished clay with thin metal shims being
placed by my mold-maker Fiona as we get ready for the
plaster. Final piece will be ready to show in September. A
bronze version, 24" tall, is currently being cast.
Two recent photo portraits of me by my friend Stefan
Radtke for his new series "People of Long Island Sound" The
photos will appear in diptychs with a matched photo of the
Sound.
Radtke for his new series "People of Long Island Sound" The
photos will appear in diptychs with a matched photo of the
Sound.