Steve Tobin
American, b. 1957
Bust, 1990
Glass and bronze
Best known for his large bronze-cast sculptures of root systems, Steve Tobin focuses on translating and distilling forces of nature into artistic forms. Tobin’s Bust appears to emerge from a mound of dark and loamy soil. Here, he leaves the glass unpolished, making the material look more like clay or plaster. The glass’s rough texture gives the torso the appearance of a long-lost sculptural fragment or artifact, recently unearthed by archaeologists.
Gift of Lisa Jan Rose and Kenneth L. Koenig, MD and Sara Jane Rose and Jay Shanker, 2021
Visual Description: This is a sculptural bust of a woman’s torso with no arms or neck. The sculpture’s surface is a light gray and is rough and cracked in places, resembling hardened plaster or stone. The torso emerges from a dark gray mound that resembles a pile of earth.
