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Bob Cwiok is a 1973 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art. At 29 he is a self-employed artist. During his third year at school, Bob received a traveling scholarship as the Institute's most promising painter. His work has appeared in the '73-'74 May Shows, at the New Gallery ("Words and Images") and at the Nova Gallery where he received jury mention for his effort, "This Envelope Has No Content." Bob also was the force behind the scenery of Fran Soeder proudctions, "A Little Night Music" and "Bullshot Crummond."

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Bob: Perception is the essence of art. If you can't perceive it, it's not there. Art has content, but it's not a true image; it's painted in one's mind. The content is that you're looking at something which is not really there, in essence, a contradiction. Realistic paintings, waterfalls and the like to an uneducated eye show only surface impressions, not what went behind the effort, the care of the brush strokes, etc. Everything in art has to do with how an image is put down.

High Gear: How do you relate your being gay to your art?

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High Gear: How would you characterize your work? What an apology so much as an is its school, mentor, and/or explanation of my gayness and style? my art. At the time I was into Bob: I haven't found a sculpture wood, string, category to put it in yet. My cardboard hanging pieces. In work's kind of a post-my bedroom I got a window conceptualization ... maybe, a which I put on legs. There was a visiration, the visual chair and a tape recorder presentation of literal material. explaining what was happening. Ordinarily, many people look at I sat in the chair where two artist the content of what things are. friends of mine tied me up with I'm reversing it so that people rope and string. For 20 minutes! see the form. It's definitely art tried to clarify things in my head for art's sake... A lot of things about my sexuality. Finally it go on in any artist's head. So far came to a head and I kicked as I'm concerned, the messages down the window, essentially and meanings in my head are knocking over my straight secondary. It's what comes out facade. Then calmly, I took on the canvas that counts. everything off and walked out of High Gear: Summarize your the room... You're only bound philosophy of art. by anything so long as you allow yourself to be bound by it. For me, this was an intellectual purge, an artistic coming out.

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