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Bob (Robert) James Cassilly Jr

Bob (Robert) James Cassilly, Jr. (1949 - 2011) was active/lived in Missouri, Hawaii.  Bob Cassilly Jr is known for Found object sculpture, museum professional.

Following is the obituary of the artist, written by Aimee Levitt, and published September 27, 2011 at Daily RFT.com

Bob Cassilly: City Museum Founder Died the Way He Lived:

Here's one thing anyone who knew Bob Cassilly will agree on: Cassilly, whose body was found yesterday morning in a bulldozer at Cementland, his larger-than-life sculpture museum/creative experiment, died the way he lived, building something unlike anything else the world had ever seen.

"He was out there working every day," recalls Bill Streeter, a video artist and friend of Cassilly's. "It was his favorite thing to do."

And here's another thing anyone who knew Cassilly or visited the City Museum can agree on: There will never be anyone else like him.

"That a single mind has the whimsy to conceive something like that, and the muscle to make it happen," marvels Matt Strauss, founder of White Flag Projects. "That's singular."

"He really put St. Louis on the map as far as being   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 13334 characters.]  Artist bio

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