Robert Maloney
MFA ’14 Fine Arts Low-Residency
My large scale woodcut prints incorporate the many layers of the urban landscape. A recurring theme in my work is the visualization of a forgotten history that is no longer present. I reveal the residual traces of objects, individuals or places by showing the scaffolding, framework or footprint of what was. Many of my pieces straddle the line between a structure being torn down and a structure being erected. I mine the visual vocabulary of the urban landscape to create densely layered imagery using transparent and metallic inks that reflect light in different ways depending on your proximity to the piece. Decades of imagery and information accumulate and deteriorate at various stages of recognition, representing the passage of time and the memories of a location or structure.
Robert received his BFA and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and is an Associate Professor in the Illustration department at Massart. Robert received a 2022 Mass Cultural Council fellowship in Printmaking and has participated in two Illuminus Boston public art events. He has contributed to several Big Ink woodcut print sessions and in 2017 his permanent public art project repaired the missing signage on the chimney of the historic Haffenreffer brewery in Jamaica Plain.
