Gib Singleton Bronze Sculpture

Western

Religious

Stations Of The Cross

Gib Singleton’s sculpture is famous around the world. He is arguably the only artist ever to be represented simultaneously in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Cowboy Hall of Fame, the Vatican Museum and the State of Israel (whose large collection of his art was a bequest of Prime Minister Golda Maier). Today, Pope Benedict XVI carries his crosier with a bronze cross at the top, which was designed by Gib Singleton. Another of his crosses rests next to the Shroud of Turin. Years ago, when Michelangelo’s Pieta was vandalized in the Vatican Museum, Gib was asked to assist in the restoration process.

Gib was born in Kennett, Missouri. His talent is backed by an education at Southern

Illinois University and the Art Institute of Chicago where he won a Fulbright Fellowship

to Italy. While there, at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, he assisted with the restoration of centuries-old flood damaged art in Florence. He is a modern master in the tradition of Rodin and Donatello and has often been compared with Giacometti. Gib has also studied for his doctorate in Greek Mythology and Theology.

Gib Singleton’s sculpture has been collected by a constellation of well-known individuals, corporations and museums. What is it about his work that has attracted such a deep response from such a diverse group? The answer lies in the experience of seeing the human texture, and the long, lean coil of power in each and every one of his sculptural works. This line communicates unmistakable energy, vitality and realism which connects with viewers on a fundamental and spiritual level.

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El Santuario de Chimayó, Chimayó, New Mexico, received a suite of 14 bronze Stations of The Cross, donated by Dr. Wayne and Nona Yakes.

Sisters In Motherhouse, Kolkata, India, received the Hanging Crucifix, donated by Joseph and Carol McGrath

The Singleton-Biss Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Grand Opening.

International Olympic Committee Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

American Sports Art Museum, Daphne, Alabama,

all received Gib’s “Olympian” bronze.

Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, Texas, received several of Gib’s religious themed bronze sculptures, a long-term loan courtesy of The Private Collection of Tia.

Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, Texas, presented “A New Look at The Old West” an exhibition featuring many of Gib's bronze western sculptures.

Strake Jesuit College Prepatory Art Museum, Houston, Texas, received several pieces of Gib’s religious-themed bronzes, including a suite of the 14 Stations of The Cross, donated by Charles and Sue Adcock and the John and Charlene O’Shea Family Foundation.

Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado received Gib Singleton’s “Crucifixion”, donated by Dr. Wayne and Nona Yakes.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Santa Fe, NM, Acquired a large Singleton “Crucifix” for their outdoor worship area.

Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, received a monumental bronze sculpture of “Moses” for their Law School and a large “Crucifixion” for their School of Medicine, donated by Dr. Wayne and Nona Yakes.

Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, Georgia, received one of Gib's recent bronze sculptures, a long-term loan courtesy of The Private Collection of Tia.

United States Olympic Committee Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, Gib’s Alma Mater, will host a retrospective exhibition of his works.

The Taylor Museum at The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, will present a major exhibition of Gib’s work.

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico, will receive 14 life-size Stations of The Cross by Gib Singleton which will be placed in the nearby Archbishop Lamy Gardens, a long term loan courtesy of The Private Collection of Tia.

Recent Public and Museum Exhibitions and Installations

Aces And 8s

19 x 20 x 20

Requiem

54 x 12 x 12

Texas Longhorn

15 x 23 x 14

& 11" Version

2010 New Releases