Featured Artist
For more than five decades Bob Matheny has been known as an influential artist and teacher working in San Diego, CA. In that time he has created a wide-ranging body of work that is propositional in nature; viewers encounter comical, if somewhat puzzling artworks designed to advance ideas for their consideration.
As Featured Artist for Winter 2012, Bob Matheny has created three artworks on the theme of obesity. Beginning with the iconic Venus of Willendorf, the subject of fatness has been well illustrated in art history. At a time when the US is confronted with an obesity epidemic, Matheny's work asks us to pause to consider the cultural history of obesity and the various meaning attached to being fat throughout the ages.
Bob Matheny (b. 1929, Santa Ana, CA) earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Long Beach State College (now Cal State Long Beach). In 1961 he joined the faculty at Southwestern College as the first full-time instructor in the Art Department. At Southwestern he founded the art gallery, protested against the war in Vietnam, and battled administration about issues of censorship and academic freedom. All the while, Bob Matheny maintained an active art practice. His work spans all media, and included many forms which challenge a conventional art viewing context.
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As Featured Artist for Winter 2012, Bob Matheny has created three artworks on the theme of obesity. Beginning with the iconic Venus of Willendorf, the subject of fatness has been well illustrated in art history. At a time when the US is confronted with an obesity epidemic, Matheny's work asks us to pause to consider the cultural history of obesity and the various meaning attached to being fat throughout the ages.
Bob Matheny (b. 1929, Santa Ana, CA) earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Long Beach State College (now Cal State Long Beach). In 1961 he joined the faculty at Southwestern College as the first full-time instructor in the Art Department. At Southwestern he founded the art gallery, protested against the war in Vietnam, and battled administration about issues of censorship and academic freedom. All the while, Bob Matheny maintained an active art practice. His work spans all media, and included many forms which challenge a conventional art viewing context.
For more information, please visit these websites: Almost Maybe or Almost Maybe Wordpress
