Robert Andy Coombs
Talk Art
Russell Tovey and Robert Diament c/o Independent Talent
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Talk Art continues!! Russell and Robert meet artist Robert Andy Coombs, all the way from Miami Beach!!! We discuss photography, queerness, disability, sexuality, nudity, beauty and representation!!!
Coombs was born and raised in Michigan’s upper peninsula in a little town bordering Wisconsin. Being a closeted gay male in a conservative rural environment, Coombs couldn’t wait to leave his small town behind. He received a scholarship to Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids where he studied photography and started living authentically as a gay male. In 2009, during a trampoline training accident, Coombs landed on the back of his neck resulting in a spinal cord injury. After a short year at home, Coombs returned to KCAD in 2010 and completed his BFA in 2013.
During those years disability and sexuality emerged as a main subject for him. He then went to study at the Yale University School of Art where he continued the exploration of disability and sexuality with a focus on documenting his intimate relationships with friends and lovers. After receiving his MFA in 2020, Coombs relocated to Miami Florida where he continues his photographic practice in the sun.
Follow @RobertAndyCoombs2 on Instagram, @RobertAndyPhoto on Twitter and visit his awesome website https://www.robertandycoombs.com/ which includes his Amazon wishlist as discussed on this week's episode! Donate if you can! We first discovered Robert's work via Jerry Saltz's article on his work in his regular 'Vulture' column. Read that exact article now (click here).
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| 0:57.0 | Good afternoon, good morning, good evening, wherever you are in the world. |
| 1:04.3 | I am Russell Toby and I'm Robert Diamant. |
| 1:06.7 | And this is talk art. |
| 1:08.6 | Welcome to talk art. |
| 1:10.4 | How are you Rob? |
| 1:13.0 | Today I'm feeling gay and proud to be gay and proud to be gay and |
| 1:19.0 | proud to be queer and homosexual and all of these things which is what I do one thing. |
| 1:24.4 | But actually... |
| 1:25.4 | It's a big thing. |
| 1:27.4 | Queer isn't one thing. |
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