Tuesday, September 16 | 12:30-1:30 PM

Exploring the Exhibition of Bobby Anspach: Everything is Change

Attendees will engage in a guided looking tour with the Newport Art Museum team throughout the Museum. They will engage with the show on view, Bobby Anspach: Everything is Change, as well as the other summer shows Through A Collector’s Lens: Iconic Photography from the Christopher Hyland Collection and Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color.

Bobby Anspach was an American artist whose work centered around the creations of sculptural installations designed to deliver transcendent experiences to viewers, all part of a series titled Place for Continuous Eye Contact. As much a sculptor as an inventor, these devices are currently undergoing a patenting process. Employing a DIY-technique through all of his work, Anspach was focused on creating brilliant, unexpected, and sublime experiences that blend common objects with high craft, ranging from pom-poms to hand-blown glass to medical beds, aiming to inspire viewers to look within and discover everyday beauty and the natural world. These works create an experience that at first appears scrappy and chaotic, and quickly blends into a seamless, all-encompassing, and otherworldly space. His work was informed by a deep respect for the environment and meditation, and founded on a belief of the interconnectedness of all things that was aimed to create a cared experience between all viewers of his work.