The Art of Containment

Sculpture by Robert Thiele

Robert Thiele, Mid Three (745), 2011, Acid etched, acrylic sheet, wood, laminated canvas, mixed media, 21 ½ x 23 ¼ inches

Nationally recognized, Robert Thiele is a sculptor and painter whose work has been exhibited widely with shows in New York at the Howard Scott Gallery and the Whitney Biennial, the Galerie Tammen & Partner in Berlin, Germany and across Europe.

Thiele’s inspiration and precedent came from several sources: from primal sculpture, from the simplest forms in nature, and from the spirit of Minimalistic art. Thiele divides his time living and working between Brooklyn, New York and Miami, Florida. Many of Thiele’s works are large scale sculptures as tall as nine feet high and assume a wide variety of shapes, from round or square to trapezoidal or oblong.

All works in the exhibition are courtesy of Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Miami, Florida.

The Art of Containment: Sculpture by Robert Thiele showcases 76 pieces and is on view from March 29 to May 26, 2019, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Florida. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Gallery admission is $5, free for museum members, children 12 and younger, Volusia County School students and Stetson students.