175 - Bob Lockhart, "Allen II" Sculpture, Value: $650

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Title:  Allen II

Artist:    Bob Lockhart

Media:  Slab Built Clay, tempera paint

Dimensions:  9.5" x 8" x 8.25"

Value: $650

"The three-dimensional pieces, busts of colorful human and animal forms...are simpler, more direct translations of the Eastern European aesthetic, yet the reference seems inescapable when one considers the comically exaggerated features that include several heavy, [facial hairy] male characters with matching eye brows. There is also a totemic quality to [Lockhart's work] (it is easy to imagine them physically stacked) that conjure a unified, tribal nature in their impact. Despite essential differences in detail, there is a brotherhood between them that goes beyond the repetition of form and the evidence of the same artist’s hand." - Keith Waits

Bob Lockhart is an award-winning sculptor whose work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, the Indianapolis Art Museum and many others. In addition, Lockhart's pieces have been commissioned by the Louisville Zoo, by numerous churches and schools and by private collectors.

Several of his sculptures grace the campus of Bellarmine University in Louisville, where he was a professor of art. Lockhart taught at Bellarmine for more than 40 years, guiding students in the creation of art and opening their eyes to the issues of social justice with annual trips to Guatemala and Appalachia. A native of Oak Park, Ill., he holds a BFA and a MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago.  Lockhart regularly teaches at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. https://www.pyrogallery.com/bob-lockhart-artist

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