biography of David ROBBINS (1957)
Personal data
Birth : 1957 - Whitefish Bay WI Wisconsin, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Milwaukee WI Wisconsin, United StatesEducation
1979 : Brown University – Providence RI, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1986:First Solo Exhibition in Nature Morte, New York, NY, USA
Lives and works in Milwaukee, WI, USA
Other professions
1996 : Lecturer
Time Arts Department – Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate School – 111 South Michigan Avenue – Chicago IL, United States
1996 : Lecturer
UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1996 : Lecturer
UVM University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – 2200 E. Kenwood Ave – Milwaukee WI, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Gelatin silver print Subject
portraitpsy
Works
| Date of creation : 1994 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 31 x 24 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Recent Work
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
2001
2000
Inova Institute of Visual Arts – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Milwaukee WI, United States
2000
1998
Assorted Comedies
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1998
1996
Drawings
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1996
1995
la Comédie Humaine
Xavier Hufkens – Brussels, Belgium
1995
The Cabinet of Dr. Kalimari
Galleria Raucci Santamaria – Naples NA, Italy
1995
1994
Situation Comedies
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1994
1993
Construction Estimates for the Institute for Advanced Comedic Bahavior
Jay Gorney Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1993
1991
Psychosafari
Galerie Claire Burrus – Paris, France
1991
The German Reunification Public Sculpture Competition
Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
1991
Concrete Comedy, Personal Politics, Contextual Genetics
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1991
1990
Signs of Faith
Xavier Hufkens – Brussels, Belgium
1990
1989
The Fool Show 1
Galerie Daniel Buchholz – Cologne, Germany
1989
The Fool Show 2
American Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
1989
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2008
Espèce d’Espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009
2003
David Robbins, Vincent Fecteau & Joshua Podoll
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
09/06/2003 – 10/11/2003
2000
Elysian Fields : une Proposition du Purple Institute
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
05/24/2000 – 07/24/2000
Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
2000
1999
Private View
Galleria Civica – Bozen, Italy
1999
Apposite Opposites: Photography from the MCA Collection
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1999
Fame after Photography
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1999
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
09/24/1999 – 11/07/1999
1998
Lost in the Woods: Foliage and Form at the Turn of the Century
The New Art Center in Newton – Newton MA, United States
1998
Le Trésor (collection)
Dijon, France
1998
1997
From a Whisper to a Scream
Ten in One Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
1997
Dike Blair, David Robbins
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1997
No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in Contemporary Art
Rhona Hoffman – Chicago IL, United States
09/12/1997 – 10/18/1997
1996
Snow Job
L’Usine association – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1996
Everything that’s interesting is New. The Dakis Joannou Collection
Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art – Athens, Greece
1996
A/drift:
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 01/05/1997
1995
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1995
I Gaze a Gazely Stare
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1995
Mapping: A Response to MoMA
American Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
1995
b/w photos
Feature Inc. – New York NY, United States
1995
1994
Pictures of the World (in Real Time)
L’Usine – Dijon, France
1994
Please don’t hurt me
Cokkie Snoei Gallery – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1994
Die Orte der Kunst
Sprengel Museum – Hanover, Germany
1994
Commodity Image
High Museum of Art – Atlanta GA, United States
1994
Pictures of the World (in Real Time)
Centre d’Art Contemporain Le Capitou – Fréjus, France
1994
Commodity Image
ICA The Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston MA, United States
1994
The Social Fabric
Beaver College – Glenside PA, United States
1994
Pictures of the World (in Real Time)
Galleria Massimo De Carlo – Milan MI, Italy
1994
Commodity Image
Kunsthal Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1994
Pictures of the World (in Real Time)
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York NY, United States
1994
The Use of Pleasure
Terrain – San Francisco CA, United States
1994
Commodity Image
Laguna Art Museum – Laguna Beach CA, United States
1994
L’Hiver de l’Amour
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
01/25/1994 – 02/03/1994
1993
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis
The Drawing Center – New York NY, United States
1993
Commodity Image
International Center of Photography Midtown – New York NY, United States
1993
Monumental Propaganda
Courtyard Gallery – World Financial Center – New York NY, United States
1993
Parallax View: New York – Köln
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York NY, United States
1993
Sex – Money – Politics
Nancy Drysdale Contemporary Art Gallery – Washington DC, United States
1993
Parallax View: New York – Köln
Goethe House – New York NY, United States
1993
1992
Teppische
Galerie Tanja Grunert – Cologne, Germany
1992
Hollywood, Hollywood; Identity Under the Guise of Celebrity
Art Center College of Design – Pasadena CA, United States
1992
Works, Concepts, Processes, Situations, Information
Galerie 1900 – 2000 – Paris, France
1992
1990
In the beginning…
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art – Cleveland OH, United States
1990
1989
Image World : Art and Media Culture
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1989
The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1989
The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
1989
Abstraction in Contemporary Photography
International Center of Photography Midtown – New York NY, United States
1989
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Periodicals
2000
GRABNER Michelle – David Robbins
in: Frieze n° 54 p. 105
London, United Kingdom
06/2000
1999
NAGY Peter – Dual Nature
in: Artforum n° 14 p. 129
New York NY, United States
10/1999
1996
SALTZ Jerry – Review
in: Time Out – New York p. 25
New York NY, United States
03/10/1996
1994
FITZSIMMONS Casey – Sexcapades
in: Artweek p. 28
San Jose CA, United States
10/03/1994
10
PRINCETHAL Nancy – Artist’s Book Beat
in: Art on Paper p. 71
New York NY, United States
09/1999-10
06
BUDNEY Jen – Review
in: Flash Art p. 112
Milan MI, Italy
05/1995-06
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