Collection Information
Size: 2.3 Linear feet; 0.608 Gigabytes
Summary: The papers of painter, educator, and computer artist Robert Stanley measure 2.3 linear feet and 0.608 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1965-2001. The collection consists of correspondence largely professional in nature including born-digital material in the form of portfolio submissions and email folders prepared by Robert Stanley; writings in digital format in the form of a studio log describing the studio practice from 1978-2021; printed material including exhibition catalogues as well as a self-published catalogue raisonné also captured in digital format, as well as a selection of published writings; and an artwork series including mostly sketchbooks and loose sketches and drawings created throughout the span of Stanley's career.
Biographical/Historical Note
Robert Stanley (1942- ) is a painter, educator, and computer artist in Beverly Shores, Indiana. While Stanley was born to a household that was supportive of the arts, he didn't pursue art classes until his they were offered to him while training to become a monk. He went on to receive his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Dayton in 1964, and later received his Master's Degree from Pratt Institute in l969 so that he would be able to find adequate work teaching art. Stanley was an early follower of computer art, and soon would become a pioneer practitioner, from the early eighties, creating computer art regularly from the mid 1980s throughout the 1990s and beyond. Notably, Stanley explored the same themes in painting and computer art throughout his career, particularly the exploration of perception and dimension in constructing images, as well as unseen forces at play in nature. Stanley cites artistic influences as broad as Jasper Johns, Wassily Kandinsky, Richard Diebenkorn, Sally Mann, and Bill Viola, as well as biologist E.O. Wilson and physicist Edward Lorenz.
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