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David S. Rubin

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David Stuart Rubin
Born (1949-06-18) June 18, 1949 (age 75)
Los Angeles, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor of Arts in philosophy from University of California,Los Angeles 1972. Master of Arts in art history Harvard University 1974. Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University 1989.
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. As a contemporary art curator, he 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 and Pomona College, Santa Monica College, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albright College, MOCA Cleveland, Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans), 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 many artists of note, including: Martha Alf, Robert Arneson, William Baziotes, Willie Birch, Douglas Bourgeois, Ellen Brooks, Peter Campus, Cynthia Carlson, Petah Coyne, Salvador Dali, Jay DeFeo, Tomer Ganihar, Allen Ginsberg, David Halliday, Wally Hedrick, Al Held, Mark Kostabi, Peter Liashkov, Donald Lipski, Gary Lloyd (artist) Christian Marclay, 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, Visual Art Source, Fabrik, 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 and the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University and are in the collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and the Bradbury Art Museum at Arkansas State University.[7]

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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