Steve Tobin: Mind Over Matter

About David HoustonPhoebe Hoban

Steve Tobin is best known for his bronze-cast root sculptures. He created what would become the first memorial for 9/11 Trinity Roots. Tobin s works are represented in collections including the American Centre and Finair Helsinki; the Boca Raton Museum of Art Florida; King Faisal s Palace Saudi Arabia; the Musee des Arts Decoratifs Lausanne Switzerland; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Retretti Museum Punkaharju Finland; and The White House Washington D.C The artist currently works and resides in Bucks County PA. David Houston is a curator and art historian. He was the Director of Curatorial at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville Arkansas and is now the Director of the Bo Bartlett Center College for the Arts Columbus State University Georgia. Phoebe Hoban is a New York-based journalist. From 1985 to the present she has covered culture and the arts for publications including The New York Times New York Magazine and The New York Observer. Phoebe Hoban s books include the biographies Basquiat (a New York Times notable book of the year); Alice Neel and Lucian Freud