Tony Labat

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Tony Labat
Born1951
Havana, Cuba
EducationSan 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]

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 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[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,[21] San Francisco, California
  • "Time and Transition in Contemporary Cuban Art," Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • "Mata Crush," Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba;[22]
  • "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[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tony Labat: Left Jab". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). 2005. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  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. ^ a b 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.
  18. ^ "Tony Labat". MoMA.
  19. ^ "Tony Labat". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  20. ^ "Tony Labat". OCMA Collections. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  21. ^ "Tony Labat | Anglim Gilbert Gallery". anglimgilbertgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  22. ^ "BOMB Magazine — Vale La Pena: The 11th Havana Biennial by Liz Munsell". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  23. ^ "Tony Labat: Four Installations". The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
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