Robert Hightower
Icons of the Toybox, July 27 - Sept 7, 2024
"Icons of the Toybox," an exciting new exhibition featuring the captivating paintings of Robert Hightower. This collection merges childhood nostalgia with contemporary critique, blending impressions from TV shows, cartoons, films, and toys into striking works of art. Hightower's pieces evoke a sense of superposition, layering these elements into compositions that invite intense meditation and admiration.
Traditionally, icon paintings center on a singular object, or a group arranged in a classical triangular composition, often with a focus on religious figures. However, Hightower reinterprets this tradition for the modern age, reflecting our contemporary society's obsession with material possessions and the American Dream. Toys, in his work, become symbols that whitewash the past and embody the dreams we are sold from an early age. Among his earliest memories are objects like a G.I. Joe, a Big Wheel, and plastic Cowboys and Indians, which now serve as powerful icons in his paintings.
Funeral Pyle
oak garden stakes, twigs, plywood, felt, oil & enamel, 24”x16”x11”
$3800
$380/month with Art Money
AT&T Outpost (American Telephone & Telegraph)
lincoln logs, Lead, Gold, Wire,
16”x6”x7”
$2400
$240/month with Art Money
Early American
virgin wool, linen thread, cherry wood,
12”x16”x13”
$3500
$350/month with Art Money
Gut Shot
oil and enamel on panel, 18”x18”
$1500
$150/month with Art Money
War Path
oil and enamel on panel, 18”x18”
$1500
$150/month with Art Money
Marshall
oil and enamel on panel, 18”x18”
$1500
$150/month with Art Money
Brave
oil and enamel on panel, 18”x18”
$1500
$150/month with Art Money
Noble Savage
oil and enamel on panel, 36”x36”
$4500
$450/month with Art Money
Broken Arrow
oil and enamel on panel, 36”x36”
$4500
$450/month with Art Money
Cheyenne Raid
oil and enamel on panel, 36”x48”
$6000
$600/month with Art Money
Minnie Walker
oil and enamel on panel, 36”x24”
$3000
$300/month with Art Money
Minnie HaHa
oil and enamel on panel, 36”x24”
$3000
$300/month with Art Money
Martyr
oil and enamel on panel, 10”x8”
$800
Mystic
oil and enamel on panel, 10”x8”
$800
Drunk
oil and enamel on panel, 10”x8”
$800
Knight
oil and enamel on panel, 10”x8”
$800
Teacher, Clown, Poet & Warrior
oil and enamel on panel, 10”x8”
$800 each
Wild Fires
Plywood, pine, oil paint , 83”x42”x11”
$3500
$350/month with Art Money
Under the Big Blue Sky, April 29 - May 27, 2023
Tidal Wave
plywood, Velcro, linen thread, and oil paint, 60”x60”x12”
$4800
$480/month with Art Money
Omega III
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 42”x42”
$5500
$550/month with Art Money
Forestry (Cell) Tower
plywood, old-growth cedar, brass, balsa wood, and oil paint, 24”x12”x12”
$1800
$180/month with Art Money
Omega II
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 42”x42”
$5500
$550/month with Art Money
Corporate Tower
old-growth cedar, plywood, cotton felt, and oil paint, 36”x14”x14”
$1750
$175/month with Art Money
Map of Posterity
plywood, canvas, and oil paint, 18”x36x5”
$3000
$300/month with Art Money
Slums
old-growth cedar, wool felt, mild steel, and oil paint, 6”x36”x36”
$2800
$280/month with Art Money
Corporate Food Farms
lead, plywood, wool felt, and oil paint, 4”x36”x12”
$4000 total ($500 per parcel)
$400/month with Art Money
Oil Rig
plywood, old-growth cedar, and oil paint, 12”x12”x12”
$1750
$175/month with Art Money
Gated Community
old-growth cedar, plywood, cotton + wool felt, recycled leather, linen thread, and oil paint, 36”x60”x36”
$9800 total ($2800 for large house, $1750 each for each of four small houses)
$980/month with Art Money
Candy Car
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Sahdguru
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Selfie Walking
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Roxy, I Love You
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 20”x20”
$2400
$240/month with Art Money
Sex Traffic
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Beach Time
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Sky Club
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
McFood
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
The Pump
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
LOL
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 24”x24”
$3200
$320/month with Art Money
Blue Collar Bev
oil paint and ink encaustic on canvas, 20”x20”
$2400
$240/month with Art Money