David S. Rubin

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David Rubin
Born
David Stuart Rubin

(1949-06-18) June 18, 1949 (age 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
Occupation(s)Curator, art critic, artist
Known forcuratorial work, writings, automatic drawing

David Stuart Rubin (born June 18, 1949 [1] ) is an American curator, art critic, and artist.

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Early life and education

Rubin was born in Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in art history from Harvard University.

Career

As a contemporary art curator, Rubin is recognized for thematic exhibitions such as "Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art," [2] "It's Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art," and "Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art since the 1960s." [3]

Rubin has held curatorial positions at Scripps College, Pomona College, Santa Monica College, the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albright College, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center, and San Antonio Museum of Art. In 1996, Rubin served as the U.S. Commissioner for the Cuenca Bienal of Painting. [4] Rubin has organized solo exhibitions for Martha Alf, Robert Arneson, William Baziotes, Willie Birch, Douglas Bourgeois, Ellen Brooks, Peter Campus, Cynthia Carlson, Petah Coyne, Salvador Dalí, Jay DeFeo, Tomer Ganihar, Allen Ginsberg, David Halliday, Wally Hedrick, Al Held, Mark Kostabi, Donald Lipski, Christian Marclay, Ana Mendieta, Dennis Oppenheim, Martin Puryear, Alison Saar, Robert Stackhouse, Vincent Valdez, Carrie Mae Weems, and Emerson Woelffer. [5] Rubin's curatorial archives are housed in the Archives of American Art. [6] As an art critic, Rubin has written for Arts Magazine , Art in America , Hyperallergic , and other art journals.

He has published numerous books and catalogs in conjunction with exhibitions. As an artist, Rubin is known for automatic drawing. His drawings have been exhibited at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University, and California State University, Northridge. His drawings are in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rubin, David S., 1949-".
  2. ↑ Ayres Jr., B. Drummond (8 June 1996). "Art or Trash? Arizona Exhibit on American Flag Unleashes a controversy". New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Sweeney, Gary (12 November 2014). "Artist on Artist: Gary Sweeney Interviews David Rubin". San Antonio Current. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "David S. Rubin" . Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "David S. Rubin" . Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "David S. Rubin papers, 1969-2014" . Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Uplifting exhibition opens at Bradbury Art Museum". Arkansas State University. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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