Artist Statement

Rob Weingart is an assemblage artist currently living and working in the Texas panhandle. He relocated to the region in 2014 after almost 20 years in New York where he worked as a museum preparator and collections specialist. Presently, he is Instructor of Foundations at West Texas A&M University. He received a BFA from the University of North Texas and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

His work is influenced by ongoing dialog with his 2D and 3D design students. The recent works are confrontations with design challenges and are largely composed of studio debris, repurposed “art-parts”, and other disparate media. Additionally, it is oriented toward the conceptual space established by the Neo-Concrete and Finish- Fetish movements. The management of shapes, intentional patterns, loose lines, varying textures, and color manifest an attempt to put chaos into order.

The notions of scale and vastness are recurrent themes often associated with work produced in the High Plains of Texas. Weingart’s work, however, posits a contrasting response. Their manageable scale affords an intimate viewing opportunity for close examination and contemplation, perhaps, facilitating a centering experience. The work achieves resolution in an accumulative manner, evoking the crystalline outcroppings of eroded Texas panhandle flatlands. Ultimately, the objective is to create well-tuned and meditative objects that vacillate between painterly and sculptural concerns.

Spring 2024