Tony Labat Explained

Tony Labat
Birth Date:1951
Birth Place:Havana, Cuba
Education:San Francisco Art Institute
Occupation: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]

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 New Genres department at SFAI from 1985 until its closure in 2022, he also served as the MFA director.[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. Other exhibitions include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 . Tony Labat: Left Jab . 2017-03-31 . Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) . en.
  2. Web site: Tony Labat . 2017-03-31 . Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI).
  3. Book: Anreus . Alejandro . A Companion to Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Latina/o Art . Greeley . Robin Adèle . Sullivan . Megan A. . 2021-10-26 . John Wiley & Sons . 978-1-118-47539-3 . 432 . en.
  4. Web site: Baker. Kenneth. 2005-10-08. Conceptual artists who pack a wallop. 2020-06-27. SFGate.
  5. Web site: Gladstone Gallery, New York. 2020-06-27. re-title.com Features.
  6. Web site: Tony Labat. Lost in the Translation. 1984 . 2020-06-27 . The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) . en.
  7. Book: Lauzon, Claudette. The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art. 2017-04-24. University of Toronto Press. 978-1-4426-2159-6. en.
  8. Web site: Tony Labat: I WANT YOU. 2020-06-27. SFMOMA. en-US.
  9. Web site: Ñ (enn-yay), Tony Labat . 2020-06-27 . Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI).
  10. Web site: Carnal pleasures: Desire, public space and contemporary art. Novakow. Anna. 1998.
  11. Book: Artists' Video: An International Guide. 1991. Cross River Press . 9781558593572.
  12. Book: 2nd Newport Biennial: The Bay Area. 9780917493072. Ayres. Anne. 1986. Newport Harbor Art Museum .
  13. Book: Damian, Carol . Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection . 1997 . Art Museum Fort Lauderdale . Art Museum Fort Lauderdale . en.
  14. Web site: Art Papers Magazine. 2006.
  15. Web site: Bay Area Now Two. 1999.
  16. Web site: Hainley . Bruce . January 2006 . Tony Labat, New Langton Arts . 2023-09-12 . Artforum, Vol. 44, No. 5 . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2020-08-31 . San Francisco Art Institute's Tower As Video Canvas . 2023-09-12 . San Francisco News . en-US.
  18. Web site: Tony Labat . MoMA.
  19. Web site: Tony Labat . 2023-09-12 . Centre Pompidou . en-EN.
  20. Web site: Tony Labat . 2023-09-12 . OCMA Collections.
  21. Web site: Tony Labat Anglim Gilbert Gallery. anglimgilbertgallery.com. en-US. 2017-03-31.
  22. Web site: BOMB Magazine — Vale La Pena: The 11th Havana Biennial by Liz Munsell. bombmagazine.org. en. 2017-03-31.
  23. Web site: Tony Labat: Four Installations. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 2017-03-31.

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