Gib Singleton (Kunst)

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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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