Tony Robbin (born November 24, 1943, in

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) is an

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artist and author, who works with painting, sculpture and computer visualizations. He is considered part of the

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(P&D) art movement.

Work

Robbin has had over 25 solo exhibitions of his painting and sculpture since his debut at the

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in 1974, and has been included in over 100 Robbin was granted a patent for the application of

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geometry to architecture,Architectural body having a quasicrystal structure and has implemented this geometry for a large-scale architectural sculpture at the

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, as well as one for the city of

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. Robbin is the author of four books: ''Fourfield: Computers, Art, & the 4th Dimension'' (1992 ), ''Engineering A New Architecture'', (1996), ''Shadows of Reality'' (2006) and ''Mood Swings A Painters Life'' (2011), an autobiography. Robbin is a pioneer in the computer visualization of

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geometry. Since 1981, his realtime rotation programs of four-dimensional figures have been useful for obtaining an intuitive feel for four-dimensional space, and quasicrystal space. The original

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and

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versions are available for free download from his website. An Android live-wallpaper hypercube, rotating in 4-space, is available for free at the Android market, or on his official website. (see external links below) In 2011 the

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organized a retrospective of Robbin's paintings and drawings. The companion book ''Tony Robbin, A Retrospective'' is distributed by Hudson Hills Press.

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