Tony Labat

Tony Labat (born 1951) is a Cuban-American multimedia and installation artist. He has exhibited internationally over the last 40 years, developing a body of work in performance,[1] Video,[2] sculpture and Installation. Labat's work has dealt with investigations of the body,[3] popular culture,[4] identity,[5] urban relations,[6] politics,[7] and the media.[8] His work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[9]

Early life and education

Labat was born in Havana, Cuba in 1951.[10][11][12] He emigrated from Cuba to Miami, Florida when he was fifteen.[13] He received his BFA (1978) and his MFA (1980) from the San Francisco Art Institute,[14] where he has taught since 1985.

Exhibitions

In 2005 Labat had a survey exhibition of his work in conjunction with the publication of "Trust Me."[15] Other exhibitions include:

  • “I Want You,” San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
  • "Tony Labat and Ignacio Lang," at Harris/Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
  • "I Like To Watch," The Canal Chapter, New York, NY
  • "Xtreme Sparring," El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
  • Gallery Paule Anglim,[16] San Francisco, CA
  • "Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art," Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • "Mata Crush," Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba;[17]
  • "Trading Places," Gallery Hit, Bratislava, Slovakia, Check Republic
  • "Mapping the Outside: (Fat Chance Bruce Nauman)," Seville Bienal, Seville, Spain
  • "Mayami: Between Cut and Action," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  • "Moving Target," Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
  • "Random Topography," NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
  • "Performance Anxiety," UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
  • "Tony Labat: Four Installations," Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA[18]

References
  1. "Tony Labat: Left Jab | BAMPFA". www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  2. "Electronic Arts Intermix: Tony Labat". www.eai.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. Baker, Kenneth (2005-10-08). "Conceptual artists who pack a wallop". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  4. "Gladstone Gallery, New York". re-title.com Features. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. "Tony Labat. Lost in the Translation. 1984 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  6. Lauzon, Claudette (2017-04-24). The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-2159-6.
  7. "Tony Labat: I WANT YOU". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  8. "Electronic Arts Intermix: Ñ (enn-yay), Tony Labat". www.eai.org. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. https://www.moma.org/artists/34938
  10. Novakow, Anna (1998). "Carnal pleasures: Desire, public space and contemporary art".
  11. Artists' Video: An International Guide. 1991. ISBN 9781558593572.
  12. Ayres, Anne (1986). 2nd Newport Biennial: The Bay Area. ISBN 9780917493072.
  13. "Art Papers Magazine". 2006.
  14. "Bay Area Now Two". 1999.
  15. ""Tony Labat: New Langton Arts" by Hainley, Bruce - Artforum International, Vol. 44, Issue 5, January 2006 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  16. "Tony Labat | Anglim Gilbert Gallery". anglimgilbertgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  17. "BOMB Magazine — Vale La Pena: The 11th Havana Biennial by Liz Munsell". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  18. "Tony Labat: Four Installations". The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
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