Tony Labat

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Tony Labat
Born1951
Havana, Cuba
Education San Francisco Art Institute
Occupation(s)Multimedia artist, installation artist, professor, academic administrator

Tony Labat (born 1951) is a Cuban-born American multimedia artist, installation artist, and professor. He has exhibited internationally, developing a body of work in performance, [1] video, [2] sculpture and installation. [3] Labat's work has dealt with investigations of the body, [4] popular culture, [5] identity, [6] urban relations, [7] politics, [8] and the media. [9]

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Early life and education

Labat was born in Havana, Cuba in 1951. [10] [11] [12] He emigrated from Cuba to Miami, Florida in 1965, when he was fifteen years old. [13] [14] He received his BFA degree (1978) and his MFA degree (1980) from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). [15]

Career

Since the early 1980s, Labat has been a participant in the California performance and video scene and has spend most of his career in San Francisco. [16] Labat taught in the film department at SFAI from 1985 until its closure in 2022, he had also served as the MFA director for the New Genres program. [17]

His artwork is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; [18] Centre Pompidou, Paris; [19] and Oakland Museum of California. [20]

Exhibitions

In 2005, Labat had a survey exhibition of his work in conjunction with the publication of "Trust Me" at New Langton Arts. [16] Other exhibitions include:

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tony Labat". Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. ↑ Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adèle; Sullivan, Megan A. (2021-10-26). A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art. John Wiley & Sons. p. 432. ISBN   978-1-118-47539-3.
  4. ↑ Baker, Kenneth (2005-10-08). "Conceptual artists who pack a wallop". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Gladstone Gallery, New York". re-title.com Features. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Tony Labat. Lost in the Translation. 1984". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  7. ↑ Lauzon, Claudette (2017-04-24). The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-2159-6.
  8. ↑ "Tony Labat: I WANT YOU". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Ñ (enn-yay), Tony Labat". Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  10. ↑ Novakow, Anna (1998). "Carnal pleasures: Desire, public space and contemporary art".
  11. ↑ Artists' Video: An International Guide. Cross River Press. 1991. ISBN   9781558593572.
  12. ↑ Ayres, Anne (1986). 2nd Newport Biennial: The Bay Area. Newport Harbor Art Museum. ISBN   9780917493072.
  13. ↑ Damian, Carol (1997). Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection. Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.
  14. ↑ "Art Papers Magazine". 2006.
  15. ↑ "Bay Area Now Two". 1999.
  16. 1 2 Hainley, Bruce (January 2006). "Tony Labat, New Langton Arts". Artforum, Vol. 44, No. 5. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  17. ↑ "San Francisco Art Institute's Tower As Video Canvas". San Francisco News. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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  20. ↑ "Tony Labat". OCMA Collections. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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