David Reeb (; born 1952) is an Israeli-born artist.
Biography
David Reeb was born in Rehovot, Israel in 1952.
He has shown work in
Documenta X
documenta X was the tenth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 21 June and 28 September 1997 in Kassel, Germany. The artistic director was Catherine David. This was the first time a woman was app ...
at Kassel, the Ankara, Kwangju, Havana and Berlin Biennales, "In Focus: Living History," Tate Modern, London and in various museums and galleries in the U.S., Austria, Germany, Sweden and elsewhere.
He has had one-person exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum,
the Israel Museum (together with
Miki Kratsman), Haifa Museum, Umm El Fahem Gallery, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Haus Am Lutzowplatz, Berlin and various other galleries and museums.
Some of his work consists of figurative paintings after photographs and video stills. While previously he used news photographers’ images, especially those of
Miki Kratsman, since 2006 he has been making these paintings primarily after his own source material. He also often exhibits video. Mainly during the 1980s and 90s he helped organise cooperative activities, generally in the form of common exhibitions, with Palestinian and Israeli artists.
Reeb is an activist against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. He has been documenting protests by Palestinian villages together with Israeli and international activists acting in solidarity since 2005.
See also
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Visual arts in Israel
Visual arts in Israel or Israeli art refers to visual art or Plastic arts, plastic art created by Israeli artists or Jewish painters in the Yishuv. Visual art in Israel encompasses a wide spectrum of techniques, styles and themes reflecting a ...
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1954 births
Israeli painters
Academic staff of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Living people