Robert A. Weibel
(Fresno, CA)
Artist Website
Fetish Dance, Exploded gunpowder residue embossed print, 40"x26"
Like many artists I have found nothing as engaging or challenging as the human form. Creating images of people, especially nudes, is always powerful. Since 2007 my art has been exclusively done by igniting gunpowder on paper. Gunpowder is typically and historically used to destroy, but in my art I use it to create. Rendering a nude with a series of small explosions and flares is both dramatic and transforming. Cai Guo-Qiang is the father of this process. I am fortunate to continue to explore and refine this unique form of contemporary artistic expression.
-Robert A. Weibel