Robert Siegelman
Robert Siegelman pursues two distinct media, printmaking and photography. As a printmaker, his work has moved from boldly toned, gestural monotypes to large and commanding diaphanously colored woodcut prints on rice paper. As a photographer, Siegelman first focused on Polaroid 20x24 work, commenting on the history of gay life in New England and using models to explore such aspects of sexuality as self-discovery, connection, loneliness, and vulnerability. He continues to examine these themes in his digital work, often combining multiple images. Sometimes the result is a juxtaposition from diverse contexts; sometimes, using exposures from a single sheet, a narrative is developed.
Siegelman's work is in the collections of the Boston Public Library, the Harvard University Art Museums, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and numerous private and corporate collections.
untitled (Matt), 2017, Epson archival digital print, 17x22"> Inquire Portrait of a Photographer (in isolation), 2020, photograph, 17x22"> Inquire Pictures at an Exhibition, 3, Outdoor Installation, 2016, photographs and postcards, pushpins, trees> Inquire Pictures at an Exhibition, 3, Outdoor Installation, 2016, photographs and postcards, pushpins, trees> Inquire Pictures at an Exhibition, 3, Outdoor Installation, 2016, photographs and postcards, pushpins, trees> Inquire Missing Pages (portrait), 2013, letterpress print with collaged photographs, 10x11"> Inquire Missing Pages (picnic), 2013, letterpress print with collaged photographs, 10x11"> Inquire Missing Pages (Anatomy Lesson), 2013, letterpress print with collaged photographs, 10x11"> Inquire Missing Pages (landscape), 2013, letterpress print with collaged photographs, 10x11"> Inquire untitled #4836-8 (dark blue), 2003, unique woodcut on washi paper, 48x36"> Inquire untitled #4836-3 (red and yellow), 2003, unique woodcut on washi paper, 48x36"> Inquire untitled (1-16-06), 2006, photograph (edition of 5), 13.5x40"> Inquire Cease Fire (3–2–06), 2006, photograph (edition of 5), 16x43"> Inquire untitled (3-2-06), 2006, photograph (edition of 5), 33.5x6"> Inquire
Robert Siegelman
Robert Siegelman pursues two distinct media, printmaking and photography. As a printmaker, his work has moved from boldly toned, gestural monotypes to large and commanding diaphanously colored woodcut prints on rice paper. As a photographer, Siegelman first focused on Polaroid 20x24 work, commenting on the history of gay life in New England and using models to explore such aspects of sexuality as self-discovery, connection, loneliness, and vulnerability. He continues to examine these themes in his digital work, often combining multiple images. Sometimes the result is a juxtaposition from diverse contexts; sometimes, using exposures from a single sheet, a narrative is developed.
Siegelman's work is in the collections of the Boston Public Library, the Harvard University Art Museums, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and numerous private and corporate collections.