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Avi Lubin
Born1977
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationArt curator

Avi Lubin (Hebrew: אבי לובין); born 1977, is an Israeli curator of contemporary art. As of 2018, he is the curator of Hamidrasha Gallery. Lubin is also the co-founder and co-editor of Tohu Magazine, and the curator of Field Hospital X – Aya Ben Ron's work, which represented Israel at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019.

Biography

Avi Lubin was born in 1977. He received his M.A. from Tel Aviv University in 2009.Since 2010, Lubin has curated exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Apexart in New York, the Kosova National Art Gallery, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, Beit Uri and Rami Nehoshtan in Ashdot Ya'akov, the National Gallery of Macedonia, and the Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.[1][2][3]

Lubin has been teaching at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts since 2013, first as the head of theory studies of the postgraduate program in fine arts and, since 2018, as the curator of Hamidrasha Gallery – Hayarkon 19, where he curated group exhibitions such as “Seven Rituals to Change the Mood” and “America” by The New Barbizon, as well as solo shows by various artists, including Jonas Mekas, David Reeb,[4] Tamar Getter, Erkan Özgen, Dor Zlekha Levy,[5] Raffi Lavie, Efrat Hakimi[6] and Oree Holban.

Between 2013-2017 Lubin was a lecturer at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology's curating program. He frequently gives lectures, workshops and seminars as a guest lecturer in different academic institutions around the world such as The School of Visual Arts in New-York,[7] the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Potsdam University of Applied Studies, Germany, and Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, as well as in art institutions and museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art,[8] das Weisse Haus in Vienna, The National Gallery of Kosovo,[9] Residency Unlimited,[10] and Contexts International Festival for Ephemeral Art in Sokolowkso.[11]

In 2015, Lubin co-founded Tohu Magazine together with curator Leah Abir. Tohu is a non-profit online art magazine registered in Israel (n. 580613073), and is published in three languages: Hebrew, Arabic and English.

In 2018 he was selected along with artist Aya Ben Ron, to represent Israel in the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019.[12]

His partner is artist Tomer Sapir.[13]

Curated exhibitions

As of 2022, all exhibitions listed that are not affiliated with the Hamidrasha Gallery were independently curated by Lubin.

Year Location Venue Exhibition Artist/s Ref
2010 Tel Aviv, Israel Chelouche Gallery Grandfather Paradox Noa Giniger, Guy Goldstein, Gaston Zvi Ickowicz, Tomer Sapir [14]
2011 Sommer Contemporary Art Groundwork Gideon Gechtman, Moshe Gershuni, Michal Helfman, Shahar Yahalom, Shahar Freddy Kislev, Ohad Meromi, Tomer Sapir
Hamburg, Germany Künstlerhaus Speckstraße and Kutscherhäuser The End of History Alona Rodeh, Dagmar Rauwald, Gaston Zvi Ickowicz, Guy Goldstein, Hans Stuetzer, Jenny Michel, Michael Hoepfel, Nir Alon, Noa Giniger, Roey Heifetz, Thomas Baldischwyler, Tomer Sapir [15]
2012 Jerusalem, Israel Art Cube Artists' Studios ENTROPY Guy Goldstein, Roey Heifetz, Hilla Toony Navok [16]
Tel Aviv, Israel Chelouche Gallery Terra Incognita Tomer Sapir [17]
2013 Jerusalem, Israel Art Cube Artists' Studios Vestige Miri Segal, Gideon Gechtman [18]
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv University Dark Times Miroslaw Balka, Jenny Brockmann, Noa Giniger, Roey Heifetz, Ryan Trecartin, Michal Na'aman, Tomer Sapir [19]
Manhattan, New York City, USA Apexart The Hidden Passengers Mark Dion, Michael Hoepfel & Jenny Michel, Pierre Huyghe, Roxy Paine, Tomer Sapir, Guido van der Werve [20][21]
2015 Jerusalem, Israel Art Cube Artists' Studios Half Moon Half Sun Orit Ishay [22]
2016 Potsdam, Germany Kunstverein Kunsthaus Circular Movements Miroslaw Balka, Jenny Brockmann, Roey Heifetz, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tomer Sapir, Ragnar Kjartansson [23]
Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art Art School Michal Na'aman, Dganit Berest, Gabi Klasmer, Roee Rosen, Angela Klein, Miri Segal, Anisa Ashkar, Tsibi Geva, Philip Rantzer, Ben Hagari, Shahar Yahalom, Einat Amir, Raafat Hattab, Noa Gross, Uri Noam, Dor Zlekkha Levy, Hinda Weiss, Lior Shvil, others [24][25][26]
2017 Givon Gallery Perhaps it's Dark, Perhaps Undarkened Udi Charka [27]
2018 Hamburg, Germany MOM ART SPACE Mixed Chromosome Guy Aon, Karam Natour, Jacqueline Pearl, Tomer Sapir [28]
Ashdot Ya'akov The Magic Kingdom Bat Chen Abramovitch, Mirosław Bałka, Guy Goldstein, Hamodi Gannam, Mark Dion, Oree Holban, Eti Jacobi, Orit Ishay, Erez Israeli, Paul McCarthy, Michal Na'aman, Roee Rosen and Netally Schlosser, Beit Uri, Rami Neshoshtan [29]
Tel Aviv, Israel Chelouche Gallery Something's Happened to Us, Father Tomer Sapir [13]
Hamidrasha Gallery Interrogations David Reeb, Ido Gordon, Ignas Krunglevicius
SACRUM Tamar Getter [30]
Seven Rituals to Change the Mood Sharon Glazberg, Hadassa Goldvicht, Hani Khatib, Karam Natour, Aya Zaiger, Enrique Ramirez, Assi Meshullam, Public Movement
Pristina, Kosovo Kosova National Art Gallery Fog Albert Allgaier, Driton Selmani, Fatmir Mustafa-Karllo, Gazmend Ejupi, Luan Bajraktari [31]
2019 Tel Aviv, Israel Hamidrasha Gallery Two solo shows Jonas Mekas: "My Two Families"
Efrat Hakimi: "Zion"
Kinderland Erkan Ozgen, Oree Holban, Raffi Lavie
Shomer Dor Zlekha Levy [32]
Venice, Italy Israeli Pavilion Venice Biennale Aya Ben Ron: "Field Hospital X" [33][34]

Publications

Lubin co-edited the 19th issue of Hamidrasha Journal: Art School.

  • 2005 - "Society's symbolic order and political trials: Toward sacrificing the self for the 'big other'". American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 65(4), 367-379. doi:10.1007/s11231-005-7888-3
  • 2009 - From political action to depoliticizing politics: Hannah Arendt, Tali Fahima and the encounter between politics and Israeli criminal law. [Unpublished master's thesis]. Tel Aviv University.
  • 2017 - Nimrod, S. (trans.). "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the horse's tail is also used for making paintbrushes, a catalogue essay for Tamar Getter: Hēliotropion at the Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod." Publication unknown.
  • 2018 - "White Noise, Black Silence, a catalogue essay for Guy Golddstein exhibition Once, a Beat, Second Heat at the Petach Tikva Museum of Art." Publication unknown.
  • 2018 - Foreword. In: Sapir, T. Research for the Full Crypto-Taxidermical Index (A. Lubin, Ed.). Unknown Publisher.
  • 2019 - "In focus: Aya Ben Ron, a conversation." EIKON, 106.

References

  1. ^ "Avi Lubin". TELAVIVIAN. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ Hacohen, Hagay (9 May 2019). "The pros and cons of trauma-based art". The Jerusalem Post.
  3. ^ Tercatin, Rossella (12 May 2019). "Israel unveils hospital to cure social ills at Venice Art Biennale". The Jerusalem Post.
  4. ^ "The Israeli Political Artist Who Dabbles Both Inside and Outside the Occupation". Haaretz. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ "The keeper of false memories". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Efrat Hakimi". 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Lecture by Avi Lubin". SVA Bio Art Lab. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. ^ "A Constant Space of Negotiation: Establishing a Tri-lingual Publication in the Middle East: a presentation by Avi Lubin, co-founder and co-editor of Tohu Magazine". arlis na new york. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Fog" (PDF). National Gallery of Kosovo. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Meet Over Lunch: Avi Lubin". Residency Unlimited. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ^ "AVI LUBIN". Contexts. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Labiennale - National Participants: Israel". Labiennale. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Tomer Sapir - Somthing's Happened to Us, Father". Chelouche Gallery. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Grandfather Paradox". Chelouche Gallery. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. ^ "The End of History". archive. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. ^ "ENTROPY". Art Cube Artists' Studios. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  17. ^ "Terra Incognita". Chelouche Gallery. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Vestige". Art Cube Artists' Studios. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Dark Times" (PDF). arts.tau. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  20. ^ "The Hidden Passengers". Apexart. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  21. ^ "The Hidden Passengers at apexart". Daily Serving. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Half Moon Half Sun". Art Cube Artists' Studios. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Circular Movements". Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Art School: Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts at Seventy". Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  25. ^ "When the art school becomes the subject of its own art". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  26. ^ "Hamidrasha marks 70 years of making art". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Perhaps it's Dark, Perhaps Undarkened". Givon Gallery. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  28. ^ "Mixed Chromosome". Das Gaengeviertel. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  29. ^ "The Magic Kingdom". Uri and Rami Museum. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  30. ^ "Tamar Getter – Sacrum (Tailbone)". The Window. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Driton Selmani: In our region the role of the artist is to try to touch a nerve". Kosovo 2.0. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  32. ^ "Dor Levy". Dor Levy. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  33. ^ "Field Hospital X". Field Hospital X. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  34. ^ "58TH VENICE BIENNALE, PART 2: NATIONAL PAVILIONS IN THE GIARDINI". Art Asia Pacific. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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