Bob Dobbs | Eric Fischl & April Gornik

Payday

Alissa and Bob Dobbs discuss Bob’s interaction with Eric Fischl and April Gornik at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in the 1970s and again in New York days before 9/11.

“During this period in Halifax, when I could spare the time, I also studied Dennis Young, Vickie Cameron and Eric Fischl (his favorite film at that time was Greaser’s Palace) at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.”

Bob Dobbs, from Memo to Prince Charles, 4 June 1990

The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978

Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas by Eric Fischl

Video: Eric Fischl and Steve Martin at the Broad Museum

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