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