FROM 'CHAPEL' TO MUSEUM
See new and lesser-seen works by Robert Singleton in Lewisburg, WV through January 2025, while the 'HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS' documentary on his life screens free 6 pm Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Huntington Museum
Robert Singleton stands before a new painting created in his sunlit studio on a remote mountain in Hardy County WV. See that studio and him at work in it at the free 6 pm Tuesday Oct 8 showing at Huntington Museum of Art of the hour-long documentary ‘HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS: The Artistic Life of Robert Singleton.’
THE EXHIBIT
Photos and Text by Douglas John Imbrogno | GET THEE TO Carnegie Hall, WV in Lewisburg WV to view the chapel-like installation of magnificent new and lesser-seen large paintings by Robert Singleton. The exhibit is up through January 2025. Above and below are some photos from last evening’s opening.
And if you missed the 2023 Clay Center world premiere of ‘HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS: The Artistic Life of Robert Singleton,’ this hour-long AmpMediaProject documentary on his turbulent, yet artistically triumphant life will screen for free at 6 pm this TUESDAY, Oct. 8 at the Huntington Museum of Art. Crafted by myself and Bobby Lee Messer, the film is scored by a host of primo West Virginia-based musicians. Right after it’s over, we’ll video-call Robert so the audience can ask him questions directly.
A viewer encounters one of the paintings by Robert Singleton that uses a trompe l’oeil effect to fool the eye into thinking that is an actual shelf at the bottom of the window to the clouds. | theSTORYistheTHING.com photo | october2024
One of the ethereal ‘horizon line’ paintings of Robert Singleton in the Carnegie Hall exhibit, depicts that momentous line where the heavens meet the earth. | theSTORYistheTHING.com photo | october2024
The space where Robert Singleton’s ‘Solitary Reflections’ exhibit is housed is off to the right of the performance space at Carnegie Hall, WV, creating a chapel-like encounter with the works in the show. | theSTORYistheTHING.com photo | october2024
THE DOCUMENTARY
(PHOTO BELOW): Barbara Nissman, a classical piano player of world renown based near Lewisburg, WV, shares a moment with Robert Singleton at the Oct 4, 2024, opening of his new exhibit at Carnegie Hall, WV. Excerpts from two pieces from her wide-ranging classical piano repertoire are featured in the soundtrack of the documentary ‘HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS: The Artistic Life of Robert Singleton,’ which screens for free starting 6 pm TUES Oct 8 at the Huntington Museum of Art | theSTORYistheTHING.com photo | october2024.
Other performers featured on the soundtrack include: Paul Callicoat; Will Carter; Rebecca Dav; Spencer Elliott; Neal and Jan Gillies; Jarren Jackson; Todd Hallawell ; Douglas John Imbrogno; Robin Kessinger; Bobby Lee Messer; Jim Probst; JB Stalnaker; Jeremy Soule; Ron Sowell; and Bob Thompson.
THE TRAILER
Here’s the trailer for ‘HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS: The Artistic Life of Robert Singleton.