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Excerpts from an essay in the exhibtion catalog; Place to Place, 2009.

"Farber’s work typifies what Susan Sonntag writes in her “On Photography: Two Views,” that

essentially the camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality and eventually in one’s own."

"Despite the wonders of technology the excellent reproductions of Farber’s innovative and original

work in this volume only serve as a reminder of our need to have a firsthand experience of their tactile quality.

The evidence of his hand on the surface of the paper and his seamless integration of materials including

the digital image with his drawing must be seen in person."

Mark Ormond
Curator of Exhibitions

Ringling College Galleries
Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, Florida                      2009

Excerpts from a 2008 essay about the exhibition; Chattanooga 20, 2007.

“The image seems frozen in time, like a memory. And yet there is an element of constant change…”

…“Combined with the images around them they create a visual poetry
that is reminiscent of the written poems of William Carlos Williams and
Jack Kerouac in that they create a sense of place, time and feelings
through an economy of means. The end results are well orchestrated,
contemplative works of art that are hauntingly beautiful.”

Kevin Dean
Director, Selby Gallery
Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL                               2008

The inspiration for Robert Farber’s most recent body of work was derived from the experience of traveling

the 332 mile, round-tirp, journey between Sarasota, Florida on the Gulf coast and Jupiter, Florida on the

Atlantic coast in 2008-09. Farber attempts to communicate the artist’s source of inspiration and fascination

with the discovery and exploration of a “new” environment.

Robert Farber’s work has been exhibited in several regional and national exhibitions that include;

Robert Farber, Recent Work, Solo Exhibition, The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Place to Place,

Solo Exhibition, John D. MacArthur Campus Library, Floridia Atlantic University, Jupiter ,FL,

Mixed-Messages, Solo Exhibition, The Logan Elm Press-Book Arts Laboratory,The Ohio State University,

Columbus, OH, A Sense of Place, Solo Exhibition, Weyers-Sampson Art Gallery,Thiel College, Greenville, PA,

Ex-libris, "Small But Well Read", Invitational Exhibition, Anchor Graphics, Columbia College, Chicago. IL. Crossing

the Digital Divide, Invitational Exhibition, Digital Labrador Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Chattanooga 20, Solo Exhibition,

Barbara Brogdon Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, New Drawings, Solo Exhibition, 110 Gallery, University of South Dakota,

Vermillion, SD, Y ”Chromosomes“, Invitational Exhibition, Rutgers Center For Innovative Print & Paper Rutgers

University, Rutgers, NJ and the Elder Gallery, Invitational Exhibition Charlotte, NC.

Farber has had his work acquired by public and private collections that include: The John D. MacArthur Library

Permanent Collection at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, FL,The James Michner Collection at Kent State University

in Kent, Ohio, The Rare Book Collection at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, the Alma College Permanent

Collection in Alma, Michigan, The Ohio University Permanent Collection, in Athens, Ohio, the Bruce Simon Collection and

the Morris Collection in Chattanooga, TN.

Born in Canton, Ohio, Farber received a B.F.A. degree in painting and art history from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

He received his M.F.A .degree in drawing and printmaking from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Farber has been a professor of art at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida since 1990.  Farber

resides in Sarasota, Florida with his wife, two sons and three cats.

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