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Bob adds, “Sculpture and painting are wordless art forms and the world’s gone mad now with words on art. You go to an exhibition which needs so much explanation that you spend more time reading the stuff on the wall that they’ve written about it than actually looking at it.
“We sculpt because it is a wordless form of expression and you don’t want to actually put into words what you’ve done – it should speak for itself and communicate: the fewer words, the better.”
Bob recommends a book on the matter, “The Painted Word”, written by Tom Wolfe (author of “Bonfire of the Vanities”) which deals with the question of verbiage in the arts, where the description of the art overwhelms the art itself.
Bob has published two books, has written several unpublished novels and poetry. Writing keeps him happy. His published memoir, “Flotsam and Jetsam from the Shoreline of Life”, was written for his family. It contains amusing stories of happenings “fun and games” in his life, some of which were considered “disreputable” by some readers.
His wife, Carol, appears in many episodes. There is a section called “Classic Rambles and Short Cuts” where he led Carol on many shortcuts which were really disastrous!
(Bob's other book, a portfolio of his sculptures, is available at: www.blurb.co.uk)
The Family by Bob Belderson
Evolution of Desdemona by Bob Belderson
Dolphins (porcelain) by Bob Belderson