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Artist Statement:
The influence of the bird
originates in my childhood. My
Grandparents had a wooded plot
of land where birds would
migrate, nest and frolic
and as a child I would survey
and wonder what if we had
these attributes. How would we
look and exist in this or a
world similar to ours?
My early works, consisted of
transfer and collage imagery
dealing with the zoomorphic
ideas between human and bird
lifeforms.
Various forms took root in my
art where there were human
heads on bird bodies and vise
versa.
I came to dislike the Human
headed figures that in art are
historically known as
Alkonosts or Harpey because of
there negative connotations.
I began to work diligently on
my figures with bird heads
because of there Fantastic,
surreal and fairy tale
qualities
and moved away from the
collage and transfer aspects
of production and began
focusing on drawing the
figures.
These became what I call my
Avisapien. A play on words
where human and avian are
combined like
my zoomorphic imagery to
create a creature and name
with both attributes.
My current work continues with
these ideas and techniques as
well as developing them
further in a sculptural and
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Robert Allen Hoffman Biography:
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Age
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36
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
Hindu/Buddist/Wicca |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Max Ernst
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Une Semaine de Bonté
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The similarities between Humans and Avians (Birds)and Nature. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
When I was a child I would draw outside the lines when I was given a coloring book. My grand mother then started giving me copies of blank paper and I would draw anything I say or imagined. She always said you must be an artist, and know I would have to agree...I guess I didn't become an artist I just was as is any true artist we are born not made. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I was born from a bue and speckled egg in the small nest of Logansport, In.
I grew up in one of the Liberal-Democratic Families which were rare in this nest. I was always surrounded by nature and bizarre people so I guess this helped in my liking of the bizarre and surreal. When in High School I always took art classes since these were I felt the most comfertable and where I excelled the most. After High School I went to a small college in the southern region of Indiana. I was accepted into the art department there BUT the town was oppressive and sent me into flights of fancy. When I was done there I decided to take a hiatus and migrate away to the east coast and ended up landing in a larger nest called Portland ME. It was interesting but since I only migrated when I wanted my feathers got very cold in the winter and I decided that this was no a good nesting place and I packed my eggs and migrated back to indiana, eventhough the witers there were not any better. When I finally arrived back in Indiana I ended my long migration in W. Lafayette. I worked at a ploomage shop called Amused Clothing. I worked and collected a few seeds and then eventually migrated again to Fort Wayne, IN. where I began my education again at St. Francis University and then transfered to Indiana-Purdue Universities. This is where I recieved my BFA.
I am now again migrating around the United States with My significant other.I continue to do my art while traveling and find things where ever we are located to influence me in my art. |
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