For the Joy of Light: Paintings by Robert Singleton & Soundscapes by Dan Morro

Exhibition Website

Jul 29 2017 - Feb 4 2018

From his mountaintop home in Hardy County, West Virginia, painter Robert Singleton has a splendid panoramic view of the surrounding countryside in one of the state’s most picturesque regions. For nearly 40 years, Singleton, a “West Virginian by choice” has sought privacy and uninterrupted time to work and be introspective, and the space to breathe freely and search for life’s answers in this remote location.

Now approaching his 80th birthday, his journey through the years has followed a fascinating path that saw him go from an esteemed and celebrated position in the art world with numerous awards and museum shows to a deliberate retreat into solitude in which he bid farewell to the fame and acceptance he once sought.

The Huntington Museum of Art will host an innovative showing of Singleton’s work in an exhibition that will feature several large-scale paintings accompanied by dynamic lighting in a darkened environment, along with original music composed by German musician Dan Morro.

Singleton said the exhibition will capitalize on the half-century of his experiences as an artist. “I seek a means of involving all human beings, not as viewers, but as participants in the ageless impact of the creative emergence.” He hopes the installation will be “a means of uncovering the core of our intuitive understanding and cumulative experience ingrained and transmitted through generations since the dawn of time… (serving to) document my search for our shared universal awareness.”

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

  • Painting
  • American
  • Contemporary
  • Robert Singleton
  • Dan Morro

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