Robin Grebe
American, born 1957Arboretum, 2004
Not on view
Glass, stone, wood
Dimensions67 × 17 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (170.2 × 44.5 × 36.8 cm)
Courtesy of the Isabel Foundation, L2017.54
Inspired by Cycladic fertility icons, Byzantine paintings, and folk art, Robin Grebe’s figures serve as a setting for storytelling. She explores the universal, and her personal, quest to understand the directions in our lives. For the artist, imagery from nature not only represents beauty, but also speaks to uncharted territory and the unknown. She says, “I have always worked figuratively; in some ways my sculptures are autobiographical. They help me process my thoughts, ideas and changes in life. The sculptures usually incorporate images from the natural world. These images serve as a metaphor to both our fragility as well as our resilience in our personal, emotional, and spiritual world and in the larger world itself.”
