Windjammer moved to the sculpture park from the Pier Walk ’98 exhibition, an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in Chicago, IL.  The stainless steel, geometric sculpture flutters fifteen feet high off the ground, held in position by fiberglass masts.  The work’s repetitive grid structure with attached, precisely cut triangles designed to interact with the environment hints at Rob Fisher’s Master’s degree in industrial design.  His interest in technology led Fisher to  design many interdisciplinary multimedia projects.  Likewise during his lifetime, Fisher taught several courses encompassing the disciplines of art and technology on the college level.

Fisher’s sculptures have been included in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Japan, especially in those exploring the partnership of computers and art.  He received numerous commissions to create sculptures, often of industrial materials, by corporate and private collectors.  A pioneer in the application of the computer to large-scale architectural sculpture, he was appointed Senior Research Artist at Carnegie Mellon University from 1997-2001 where he directed several innovative interactive planetarium shows that unite the fields of science and art.  He also completed a monumental and widely acclaimed public art commission, entitled American Dream, for the Arrivals Hall of the Philadelphia International Airport.  Rob Fisher was also a member of the International Sculpture Center’s Board of Directors.  He passed away in 2006. 

For more information on Rob Fisher please visit http://www.robfisheramericandream.com/.

Windjammer, 1998
stainless steel
120" x 192" x 192"
Courtesy of The Sculpture Foundation, Inc.
Photo: Ricardo Barros.com