Red Lodge Clay Center – Short-Term Resident (AIA) 2024
ob Cloughley is the ceramics program coordinator and senior lecturer at the Dunedin School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand. He has been working with clay for about 30 years, and during that time his own practice has been predominantly focused on ceramic sculpture, with thrown work on the side. His work has included installation, performance, collaboration, and mixed media. Rob has been interested in creating sculpture that tells a story of liminality, and the simulacra of industry that might be organic, remnants of a post-industrial age.
Artist Statement for Spring melt 2023:
Scratching around in the mud in the aftermath.
Artist Statement for Climate Chronometer. Part of Tube Installation 2017:
Has the sand run out? Almost. Just a few granules left before we move into the next period. Or perhaps we can turn it upside down and let them all run through in the opposite direction from where they came? Will you help?