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Robert
Kostick
Assistant Professor Robert Kostick graduated from Leslie University with
a BA degree. His more than 15 years of professional experience as a commercial
designer is brought into the courses he teaches with his expertise in graphic
and web design. At present he is completing his MFA at Vermont College in
Montpelier, Vermont. Recent creative research refocuses the designer’s
attention beyond the craftsmanship of creating client-driven designs to
the creation of works that more personally represent his ideas, experiences,
and observations. His current work seeks to explore the vast possibilities
of visually representing "objective" or statistical information.
In his design for the 2004 Biennial Keene State College Art Faculty Exhibition,
Professor Kostick used the conflict in Iraq as the subject for a objective
interpretation of data. The large wall installation titled "Numbers"
was a visual representation of the death toll during the war. Current projects
explore (through photography, video, and web design) the subject of "identity"
with a particular focus on the cultural and societal involvement (and responsibility)
of the artist. Inquiry into Postmodern Theory; Representation, Myth, Culture,
and Design and An artist pressures the system and reveals its invisible
structure: Hans Haacke and the Guggenheim Museum are two papers he has presented
recently at the Vermont College.
Numbers
Mixed media installation
15’ x 15’
2004
1966
Mixed media installation
11” x 14”
2004
Columbus
Oil on board
16” x 12”
2000
Untitled
Acyrylic on board
24” x 24”
2003
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