Tony Labat
Tony Labat | |
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| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) Havana, Cuba |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Occupations | 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
[edit]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
[edit]Since the early 1980s, Labat has been a participant in the California performance and video scene and has spent most of his career in San Francisco.[16]
On June 4, 1981, Labat boxed sculptor Tom Chapman in a four-round bout at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco. "They went into the Kezar Pavilion ring to create a 'performative piece' of pugilistic conceptual art," wrote San Francisco Examiner columnist Bill Mandel, "and ended up in a four-round street fight."[17] From video footage of the fight, Labat created a piece titled "Challenge: POV" (1981).[18]
Collections (selection)
[edit]Labat's artwork is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York;[19] Centre Pompidou, Paris;[20] the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[21] Florida, and Oakland Museum of California,[22] among others.
Exhibitions
[edit]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:
- “I Want You,” San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
- "Tony Labat and Ignacio Lang," at Harris/Lieberman Gallery, New York City, New York
- "I Like To Watch," The Canal Chapter, New York City, New York
- "Xtreme Sparring," El Museo del Barrio, New York City, New York
- Gallery Paule Anglim,[23] San Francisco, California
- "Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art," Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- "Mata Crush," Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba;[24]
- "Trading Places," Gallery Hit, Bratislava, Slovakia, Czech Republic
- "Mapping the Outside: (Fat Chance Bruce Nauman)," Seville Biennial, Seville, Spain
- "Mayami: Between Cut and Action," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- "Moving Target," Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki
- "Random Topography," NoD Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- "Performance Anxiety," UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
- "Tony Labat: Four Installations," Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California[25]
- 2026 This Is America: Selections from PAMM's Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida
References
[edit]- ↑ "Tony Labat: Left Jab". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). 2005. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ↑ "Tony Labat". Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Baker, Kenneth (2005-10-08). "Conceptual artists who pack a wallop". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ↑ "Gladstone Gallery, New York". re-title.com Features. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ↑ "Tony Labat. Lost in the Translation. 1984". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ↑ Lauzon, Claudette (2017-04-24). The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-2159-6.
- ↑ "Tony Labat: I WANT YOU". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ↑ "Ñ (enn-yay), Tony Labat". Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ↑ Novakow, Anna (1998). "Carnal pleasures: Desire, public space and contemporary art".
- ↑ Artists' Video: An International Guide. Cross River Press. 1991. ISBN 9781558593572.
- ↑ Ayres, Anne (1986). 2nd Newport Biennial: The Bay Area. Newport Harbor Art Museum. ISBN 9780917493072.
- ↑ Damian, Carol (1997). Breaking Barriers: Selections from the Museum of Art's Permanent Contemporary Cuban Collection. Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.
- ↑ "Art Papers Magazine". 2006.
- ↑ "Bay Area Now Two". 1999.
- 1 2 Hainley, Bruce (January 2006). "Tony Labat, New Langton Arts". Artforum, Vol. 44, No. 5. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ Mandel, Bill (June 5, 1981) "Ring Cycle." San Francisco Examiner. Page 3.
- ↑ "Tony Labat: Left Jab"; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA); Calendar of Events for September 21, 2005. (Retrieved February 17, 2026.)
- ↑ "Tony Labat". MoMA.
- ↑ "Tony Labat". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ "This Is America: Selections from PAMM's Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
- ↑ "Tony Labat". OCMA Collections. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ↑ "Tony Labat | Anglim Gilbert Gallery". anglimgilbertgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ↑ "BOMB Magazine — Vale La Pena: The 11th Havana Biennial by Liz Munsell". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ↑ "Tony Labat: Four Installations". The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
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