I first questioned the mark as meaning and then even as focus; I then questioned the frame as containment, the edge as the beginning and end of what I see… consider the possibility that nothing ever really transcends its immediate environment… I tried to respond directly to the quality of each situation I was in, not to change it wholesale into a new or ideal environment, but to attend directly to the nature of how it already was. robert irwin Working drawing for Walker Art Center. + 'Signup failed. } Because Trump’s taste for brute-force bombast has now created a sensory overload that Irwin’s work was never conceived to overcome. // Handler for close signup button if (o[this.name]) { robert irwin American painter and sculptor. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. His 1983 work Two Running Violet V Forms, two crossing blue-violet, plastic coated wire fences fixed with high poles, is featured as part of the Stuart Collection of public artwork on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. [2] In 1970, he began his work on “Columns”, a series of clear acrylic columns. } .removeClass('slideOutDown slideOutUp') }, }); Irwin has long been intrigued with how palm trees capture and reflect Southern California light; designing the Palm Garden provided Irwin with an opportunity to work with both the phenomenal and cultural perceptions of palms. for(var i = 0; i