David Reeb

David Reeb
Born 1952
Nationality Israeli
Known for Painting
Movement Israeli art

David Reeb (1952) is a Israeli-born artist.

Biography

David Reeb was born in Rehovot, Israel in 1952,[1] the son of Ora and Moshe Reeb. He is married to Tel Aviv-based artist Michal Goldman and the father of Assaf and Daniel. Reeb currently lives in Tel Aviv. He is a painter and photographer.

Reeb was injured serving in the Israeli army during the 1973 war. He studied in Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, from 1975 to 1978. From 1980 to 1982 he lived in New York.

Between 1983 and 1985 he taught at the Art Workshop in Yavneh and from 1985 to 1999 at the Kalisher School of Art. In 2000 he taught at Haifa University and from 2003 to 2007 he taught at Bezalel Academy.

He has shown work in Documenta X at Kassel,[2] the Ankara, Kwangju, Havana and Berlin Biennales, "In Focus: Living History," Tate Modern, London[3] and in various museums and galleries in the U.S., Austria, Germany, Sweden and elsewhere. He has had one-person exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum,[4] the Israel Museum (together with Miki Kratsman), Haifa Museum, Umm El Fahem Gallery, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Haus Am Lutzowplatz, Berlin and various other galleries and museums.

While a large part of Reeb's painting work is abstract, much of it consists of figurative paintings after photographs and video stills. While previously he used news photographers’ images, especially those of Miki Kratsman, since 2006 he has been making these paintings primarily after his own source material. He also often exhibits video.

Mainly during the 1980s and 90s he helped organise cooperative activities, generally in the form of common exhibitions, with Palestinian and Israeli artists.

Well-known works include "The Green Line" (1985–86) and several paintings entitled "Camel Time" (1989).

Reeb is an activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. He has been documenting protests by Palestinian villages together with Israeli and international activists acting in solidarity since 2005.

Awards and recognition

  • 1983 Jacques and Eugenie Ohana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
  • 1990–91, Minister of Education and Culture Prize for the Visual Arts
  • 1991 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Grant for Creativity in the Fine Arts
  • 1994 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • 1994 George and Janet Jaffin Prize for Excellence in Plastic Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
  • 1996 Kolb Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
  • 1997–98, Mid-America Arts Alliance International Fellowship and Residency
  • 2013 Ruth and Baruch Rapaport Prize for an established artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

Education

  • 1968–72 Ramat HaSharon High School with Rafi Lavie
  • 1976–79 Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem.

Teaching

  • 1983–1986 Art Workshop, Yavneh
  • 1986–1999 Kalisher School of Art and Painting,(Margoshilsky), Tel Aviv-Jaffa
  • 1999–2000 University of Haifa
  • 2003–2007 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Art Department

See also

References

  1. ↑ Artist Website
  2. ↑ "New Left Review - article". newleftreview.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. ↑ Tate. "In Focus: Living History – Exhibition at Tate Modern | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  4. ↑ "David Reeb: 48—60—300 Works and Video Works 1994—2014 The 2013 Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Artist - Tel Aviv Museum of Art". www.tamuseum.org.il. Retrieved 2018-07-17. line feed character in |title= at position 12 (help)
  • David Reeb collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved October 2013.
  • "David Reeb". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved October 2018. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • Art of David Reeb at Europeana. Retrieved October 2013
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