Bob Dilworth American, b. 1951
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Bob DilworthAayden, 2022acrylic paint, spray paint, cut canvas, markers on canvas60 x 60 inches
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Bob DilworthBear Witness, 2022acrylic paint, spray paint, markers on canvas108 x 83 inches
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Bob DilworthImani and Akami, 2022acrylic paint, spray paint, fabric, markers on canvas54 x 46 inches
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Bob DilworthDirt Road, 2021-2022acrylic paint, spray paint, cut canvas, markers on canvas84 x 67 inches
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Bob DilworthSelf Portrait, 2021-2022acrylic paint, fabric, paper, markers on canvas76 x 90 inches
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Bob DilworthLawrenceville Landscape #2, 2021acrylic paint, spray paint, markers paper, fabric on canvas67 x 95 inches
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Bob DilworthLawrenceville Landscape (Triptych), 2021acrylic and collage on paper: triptych38 x 150 inches
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Bob DilworthSilvy Tory, 2021acrylic on canvas99 x 83 inches
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Bob DilworthMaria, 2019-2020acrylic paint, spray paint, markers, cut paper, glitter, photo transfer, fabric on canvas77 x 72 inches
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Bob DilworthLandscape, 2019acrylic and collage on paper36 x 25 inches
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Bob DilworthVenus, 2017-2021oil and acrylic paint, markers, fabric, photo transfer and rhinestones on canvas82 x 84 inches
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Bob DilworthBlue, 2017-2020oil and acrylic paint, spray paint, markers, fabric on canvas87 x 67 inches
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Bob DilworthMargaret, 2015-2019oil and acrylic paint, spray paint, fabric, paper doily, photo transfer on canvas87 x 67 inches
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Bob DilworthLawrenceville Landscape #1, 2012-2020acrylic paint, spray paint, fabric, markers, cut paper on canvas82 x 67 inches
My paintings employ an aesthetic gesture towards moments in history that run parallel to current times, often intersecting and exploring hidden and deeper meanings of my experience as an African American male.
Bob Dilworth uses painting to tackle issues of race, culture, and ethnicity while depicting family and friends. Equally important are the structural concept of myths and folktales. Dilworth is also interested in religious beliefs that may be interpreted through metaphors and allegory.
Originally from a small, rural town, 50 miles south of Richmond, Virginia, Dilworth employees the fluent use of textiles as an effort to preserve “institutional memory” as its residents leave for more opportunity and the once thriving community is fading into history. Dilworth has returned to Lawrenceville over the years to interview residents and take photos of their homes, furniture, curtains, quilts and tablecloths that are stories of their lives. Dilworth’s current work examines the identity of friends and family and explores notions of home, heritage, ancestry and generational change. This examination of friends and family members is also seen in decorative patterns, designs and bric-a-brac executed in oil and acrylic paint, spray paint, stencil, paint makers, inks as well as glued, stitched and sewn fabrics and paper.
Bob Dilworth received his MFA (1976) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA (1973) from the Rhode Island School of Design. Residencies include Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO; and the African American Master Artist in Residence Program (AAMARP), Northeastern University, Boston, MA; among many others. His work is held in numerous collections including the RISD Museum, Providence, RI; Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL; The Barnett-Aden Gallery Collection, Washington, DC and the National Gallery of Art for the Corcoran Collection, Washington DC.
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Bob Dilworth
Another Place May 7 - September 2, 2022In Dilworth’s apt hand, painting is a way of creating the most precious remembrance of humankind. The migration of Black families from a rural town in southern Virginia to larger...Read more -
Paradise
Group Exhibition January 30 - March 31, 2021The entire world, as of late, feels like a state of suspended animation due to the pandemic. The pause and warping of time is deeply felt and has affected every...Read more
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Bob Dilworth: Another Place
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With a Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric
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Art Blossoms into 'Paradise' at Cade Tompkins Projects
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, March 4, 2021 -
Bob Dilworth
Loren King, Art New England, November 1, 2018 -
Portraits by Providence artist Bob Dilworth on display at RIC gallery
Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, November 5, 2015