Curator
Critical MASS
Artspace, Shreveport, LA
This innovative program run by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, combines the jurying and curating of exhibitions by visiting critics across the US. Critics are commissioned to write guest reviews in the local media, and speak at Artspace. Robert assisted with the design of the program and has overseen the selection of critics since 2013.
His longstanding collaboration with Pam Atchison and the SRAC has led to other jurying opportunities, including the selection of the Shreveport’s recent Artist Fellowships.
Contributions to local media
- “Widening our taste and vision with Critical Mass 5,” for the Shreveport Times, Apr. 27, 2017
- “Do we really need art criticism? Answer: Yes, we do,” for the Shreveport Times, Mar. 30, 2017
- “A richly realized portrait of the artist,” for the Shreveport Times, Aug. 29, 2017
- “Upcoming novel fulfills the promise of its first chapter,” a review of Ashley Mace Havird’s Lightningstruck (Mercer UP) for the Shreveport Times, Jul. 28, 2016
- “The striking lines and indelible stories of Critical Mass 4,” for the Shreveport Times, 2016
- “Three artists suggest stories as varied as our lives,” a review of To Be Continued: The Power of Suggested Story in the Art of Joshua Chambers, Taffie Cragon Garsee, and Rachel Stuart-Hass for the Shreveport Times, Aug. 21, 2013
Poetic: Artists in a Visionary Mode
William D. Cannon Art Gallery
Carlsbad, CA — 2017
“Having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression” is one of definitions of poetic, which describes the exquisitely detailed landscapes and objects in Eugenie Geb’s drawings, the constructed cityscapes and rooms in Han Nguyen’s elegant photographs and the lushly colored figures and flowers in DeLoss McGraw’s symbolic watercolors about San Diego. All three of these critically renowned artists are featured in this exhibition, assembled by the nationally known and locally based art critic, art historian and author Robert L. Pincus, PhD.
To Be Continued: The Power of Suggested Stories in the Art of Rachel Stuart-Hass, Joshua Chambers and Taffie Garsee
Artspace
Shreveport, LA — 2014
“It is safe to say that for as long as there have been Homo sapiens there has been storytelling. And if such ancient wonders as the drawings in the caves of Lascaux and Chauvet tell us anything, it is that narrative preceded language. So it is almost inevitable that tale telling in drawing, painting, photography and other forms of visual art would endure, even in our age of countless novels and movies. The point of this exhibition was to highlight the work of three accomplished artists, quite distinct from each other, who each employ the power of story to create a vision of the relationship between art and life.” — RLP
Cultural Excavations: Recent and Distant
Los Angeles Visual Arts Festival (LAVA)
Los Angeles — 1983
Juror
Critical Mass, Shreveport Regional Arts Council in Shreveport, LA, 2013-present
The Cannon Art Gallery 2019 Juried Biennial, Dec. 28, 2018 – Jan. 13, 2019
The 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library at San Diego Sate University in La Jolla, CA, Aug. 1-19, 2015
Oceanside Museum of Art Artists Alliance at the Museum 2015, Jul. 11-Oct. 25, 2015
“Capturing the Wonder of Women” for the Women’s Museum of California, Dec. 7, 2013
Robert L. Pincus 