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Having finished art school, Campbell began working on a series of paintings resembling game-boards and dart-boards and Robert
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performance space and
Campbell would often do public performances in the renowned art space ahead of bands, among his performances was sawing life-sized cut-outs of actresses Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield into small pieces. Loeffler was also the “publisher” of the ARTCOM ELECTRONIC LINK, one of
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featuring his work. In 1990, he received a Visual Grants Award to create commemorative stamps and envelopes for the city of Los
Angeles as part of the opening celebration of the Metro Blue Line. Campbell continues to produce artistamps, most notably is his stamp work (and show poster) for the 2018
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collection housed in the Museum of Modern Art
Library, NY, and he is listed in the International Directory of Artistamp Creators. In 1993, Campbell's stamp art was part of a major artist stamp show at the Musee de la Poste postal art museum in Paris, the show's catalog later released as the book
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movement, Campbell's work has been displayed in six museum shows and countless gallery shows. His work has been called "American
Hieroglyphics", "mixing 40's style imagery with '60s hot rod aesthetics using imagery as metaphors for everyday life".
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every year. At age 17, Campbell was hired by the
Outlaws motorcycle club to airbrush motorcycle tanks while at the same time working for a local radio station magazine as a concert photographer, photographing major stadium rock acts like
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As a writer/poet, he's written two novels and published one book of poetry, SHE OF THORN, which was written in 2015 after a love affair with a married woman and documents his personal struggle with AvPD
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movement, wherein he has been referred to as 'one of the most influential of the
California Lowbrow artists'. As an illustrator, he created album/CD covers for notable bands like
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napkins then sent the canvases to selected 'celebrities' with the request they do something to it and send it back. Among the contributors to
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