Work by Toby Rosser

paintings 2007-2010 run man RUN multiples steel fabrications earlier work about/BIO
The RUN MAN RUN piece has been assembled and re-assembled in various locations and in numerous arrangements over the past 6 years. Originally designed on a computer, the running figure is digitally rendered to an industrial plasma cutter that holds a 9ft by 12ft sheet of 3/16 cold rolled steel. The bases are also cut from the same 9ft by 12ft sheet of steel and then tack welded to the figures.

Some of the multiples are painted black. The 10" by 8" by 2" sculptures stand alone or are assembled together in variuos configurations. The presence of any object in any environment is altered by their own relationship to other objects in the same environment. Placing objects in relationship to other objects is a fundamental creative process whether it is 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional.

I create an image that will physically and visually stand on it’s own and then fabricate multiples so I can place them in various configurations in a specific environment. This is an improvisational act. There is no pre-determined pattern or equation to these installations. Below are images from recent instsllations and the various artistic influences that contributed to the image of the RUN MAN RUN.
Run Man Run
The Lift Trucks Project Space, fall 2009 From the Factory Floor, June 2009
Image from underground comic strip by Robert Crumb Croton Falls storefront
The Lift Trucks Project Space, fall 2010 Storefront installation 2011, Croton Falls, NY
The studio, 2009 The studio, 2009 The studio, 2010
Man Striding by Alberto Giacometti Image from illustrated strip by Milburn Rosser Image from underground comic strip by Robert Crumb The Siral Jetty by Robert Smithson
Alberto Giacometti Milburn Rosser Robert Crumb Robert Smithson