CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/18/2023

'Rob Wynne: Obstacle Illusion' is NEW from Gregory R. Miller & Co.

Featured spreads are from Rob Wynne: Obstacle Illusion, launching Tuesday, September 19 at Craig F. Starr Gallery. The first comprehensive monograph on the sculptor, glass, textile and installation artist best-known for his experiments with language and hand-poured glass, it spans five decades—with work that is searching, witty and open to chance. “Trying to figure out how to introduce Rob Wynne is like trying to figure out how to put Henny Youngman, Maria Calas, Josephine Baker, Harry Houdini and Dame Edna all in the same pair of pants,” essayist A.M. Homes writes in her Introduction. “Which Rob Wynne am I introducing in what context, juxtaposed against who or what? Rob Wynne is an art world insider who is an outsider, an artist whose work is a commentary on a commentary, an autobiography not just of an individual but of an era. To introduce Rob Wynne is to invite you on a magical adventure, a fantastical tour through the heart and mind. Together we go through the looking glass, down the rabbit hole. In the background a layered soundtrack, spins like a silky web from the most baroque to the most broke. Patti Smith, A Talking Head, a gospel lift, a clavichord, a word from Henry James, a sprinkle of Sontag or Spinoza and well, you get the drift.”