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Robert Carleton Hobbs is an American art historian and curator specializing in twentieth-century art. Since 1991 he has held the Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair of American Art in the School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University , [1] a highly ranked art department.
Robert Hobbs continued his quest to work on films that not only make a difference but which honor great heroes when he signed on to Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Cast as the Chief Warden of Robben Island, he starred opposite Idris Elba and Naomie Harris for director Justin Chadwick.
Jul 20, 2020 · Robert Hobbs is a popular Hollywood actor known for films such as District 9 and Invictus. He also doubles up as a voice artist, writer, director, and improviser. A combination of all these roles results in nothing short of a challenging yet epic journey in the entertainment industry. Image: instagram.com, @robert.hobbs Source: UGC
He was cast in a number of theatre roles including Macbeth for the SA State Theatre and his performance in Yasmina Reza's Life x 3 garnered him a Naledi Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Robert Hobbs was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1972.
Hobbs served a curator for the American (Smithson, 1981) and the Bahamas (Tavares Strachan, 2013) Pavilions at the Venice Biennale and the American Representation at the São Paulo Bienal (Kara Walker, 2002). He has curated exhibitions at major museum in the U.S. and abroad.
Recognized as a scholar, teacher, and curator, Hobbs specializes in both late modern and post-modern art. His work joins social history with literary criticism and aesthetics; it also relies on feminist and postcolonial theory.
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Robert Hobbs is Rhoda Thalheimer Endowed Chair in the Department of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of many books, including monographs on Edward Hopper, Mark Lombardi, Lee Krasner, Robert Smithson, and Kara Walker.
Classically trained and with over twenty years experience Robert Hobbs has forged a prolific career as an actor.
Robert Hobbs: Essays. Selected Essays. Click on titles that turn grey to download a pdf of the essay. “Ali Banisadr: Assaying the In-Between” and “Ali Banisadr: The Art of.
