Losing Ourselves Together: The Art of Bobby Anspach marks the first major American museum exhibition dedicated to Bobby Anspach's work. Presented at the Toledo Museum of Art, the exhibition brings together immersive sculptural installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and archival materials that trace the evolution of Bobby's singular artistic practice.

Born in Toledo, Bobby often spoke about creating artworks capable of helping people experience a deeper sense of connection—with themselves, with one another, and with the natural world. Returning his work to the city where he was born, the exhibition reflects on that vision through the most comprehensive presentation of his work to date.

At the center of the exhibition are three works from Bobby's Place for Continuous Eye Contact series. Two invite quiet introspection through encounters with one's own reflection, while another creates a shared experience between two participants through sustained eye contact. Employing hand-built environments of light, sound, color, and tactile materials, the works dissolve familiar perceptions of space and time, creating moments of heightened awareness and presence.

Alongside these immersive installations, visitors encounter paintings, sculptures, drawings, and works on paper that reveal Bobby's broader studio practice and the ideas that informed it. A documentary assembled from archival footage offers Bobby's own reflections on creativity, meditation, perception, and his belief that art could help cultivate empathy and understanding.

Presented within the Toledo Museum of Art's Glass Pavilion, designed by SANAA, the exhibition concludes with a contemplative space for rest and reflection—extending Bobby's conviction that museums can become places not only for viewing art, but also for experiencing stillness, presence, and connection.

Curated by Paige Rozanski, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Toledo Museum of Art.